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Object Number 91-37-70/72260
Display Title Tapa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tapa or Kapa
Inventory Description Tapa, rectangular, buff with reddish brown sparkly pigment one side, ridged, wri
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 24.5 x 15 cm (9 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72260/ Cloth from Awhihe/ Hawaii
Provenance
Provenance Unknown (Unknown)

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