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Object Number
00-8-70/55417
Display Title
Tapa cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Tapa, thin cloth, rectangular, geometric designs overall, bold block designs, red, yellow, natural colors, designs outlined with black pigment
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
/
<State>
/
Aitutaki
Additional Geographic Terms
Cook Islands
Materials
Paper , Mulberry wood , Beaten inner bark fiber , Pigment , Dye? , Unidentified pigment , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 217 × 185.4204 × 22 cm (85 7/16 × 73 × 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Alexander Agassiz, 1900
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98-8-70/51706 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 99-15-70/53899 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 98-8-70/51704 | Tapa cloth mat |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 00-8-70/55357 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Nomuka
| |
| 11-2-70/83932 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Tonga
| |
| 01-13-70/56761 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Tahiti
| |
| 34-137-70/296 | Piece of tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Niaufo'ou (Tin Can Island)
| |
| 98-8-70/51692 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Futuna Islands
| |
| 85-7-70/37609 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 99-15-70/53903 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-15-70/53901 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 85-7-70/37612 | Table cloth of kappa |
Tapa
|
Fiji
|