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Object Number
90-17-70/48435.4
Display Title
Barkcloth
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Kapa
Object Description
Barkcloth decorated with various colors. A rather thin, light weight malo (man's loin cloth) of moderately pounded off-white inner bark fibers; two strips of bark joined by stitching with an unspun bast-like fiber sewing strand. Additional notes under conservation.
Inventory Description
Tapa cloth, rectangular, narrow, natural and light brown striped design
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii?
Dimensions
Overall: 299 x 50 cm (117 11/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
American Antiquarian Society
(1890)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90-17-70/48434.1 | Man's loincloth |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-10-70/324 | Barkcloth |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48431 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Aitutaki
| |
| 90-17-70/48433.3 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 00-8-70/55415.1 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Aitutaki
| |
| 94-10-70/48375 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County
| |
| 67-9-70/120 | Fine tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-10-70/321 | Barkcloth |
Bark cloth
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/118 | Decorated kapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/122 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 18-20-70/D1149 | Hand-painted loincloth |
Tapa
|
New Britain
| |
| 37-9-70/489 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
|