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Object Number
85-7-70/37624
Display Title
Tapa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tapa puakai or Kapa
Object Description
Tapa. A small, crisp, thin rectangular cloth composed of a single layer of pounded inner bark fibers. The cloth is evenly pounded; the grain direction of the fiber is parallel to the length. Manufacture related crease lines are present throughout. The finish edges are cut; one edge retains a continuous fiber extending an additional 9 cm out of the rectangular shape. Both surface of the cloth are pigmented or dyed. Several methods such as immersion into mud, daubing or immersion into a dye might have been employed to color the cloth. The application method of the dye is undetermined.
Identify numbers or marks:
A Peabody Museum catalogue in black appears centrally along one edge.
Inventory Description
Tapa fragment, rectangular with strip, mottled red-brown pigment, holes
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1885
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
/
Honolulu County
Materials
Tapa, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 22 cm (14 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37.624
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85-7-70/37625 | Tapa |
Tapa
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Honolulu County
| |
| 67-9-70/122 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 94-10-70/48375 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County
| |
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for Small fragments in plastic bag from object 27-5-70/D2994
| 27-5-70/D2994.1 | Small fragments in plastic bag from object 27-5-70/D2994 |
Hawaii
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| 11-2-70/83931 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 11-2-70/83961 | Hand-painted tapa, Hiapo |
Tapa
|
Niue
| |
| 90-17-70/48433.3 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 80-24-70/23087.2 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 18-2-70/D1102 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa?
| |
| 56-41-70/3801 | Piece of white tapa (9' 6" x 13' 5") |
Tapa
|
Society Islands
Tahiti | |
| 77-37-70/11692 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Pitcairn Island
| |
| 90-17-70/48433.2 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
|