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Object Number
85-7-70/37608
Display Title
Small booklet of cut kapa samples
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tapa or Kapa
Object Description
Tapa Sample Book of an outer folded cover sheet and eight interior sheets with holding edge pasted; no stitching. The outer sheet (top and bottom) is made of two pieces of kapa beaten and perhaps adhered together, one off-white and the other a perforated dark brown sheet. Some of the interior are undecorated (natural off-white) while others are colored by lining technique or overall toned in one color. Colors range from reds to browns. One of the interior sheets is likely cut from the same cloth as the outer cover sheet. Additional information under Conservation.
Inventory Description
Book, square tapa samples, various textures and patterns
Classification
- Book
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1885
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Tapa, Pigment, Beaten inner bark fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 12 x 0.4 cm (5 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37.608
Credit Line
Gift of Alexander Agassiz, 1885
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)
Donor
Alexander Agassiz
(1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-2-70/D1107 | Small booklet of kapa samples |
Book
|
Hawaii
| |
| 85-7-70/37613 | Small kapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 36-45-70/336 | Piece of brown tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 94-10-70/48374 | Kapa |
Shirt
|
Hawaii County
| |
| 88-51-70/51524 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 37-9-70/489 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 44-20-70/2266 | Round piece of tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 85-7-70/37611 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 36-68-70/341 | Pieces of tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Tonga?
| |
| 91-6-70/50769.4 | Sash of tapa cloth, Fijian masi |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 98-8-70/51691 | White tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 90-17-70/48436 | Book of kapa (tapa / bark cloth) sample pieces |
Book
|
Hawaii
|