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Object Number 90-17-70/48433.3
Display Title Tapa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tapa or Kapa
Object Description Barkcloth; probably a fragment cut from a larger whole--perhaps a malo (man's loin cloth); an uncolored medium-light weight cloth of well pounded, off-white, inner bark fibers; fibers well macerated and enmeshed; distinct net patterned beater impressions throughout; both long edge of the cloth retain an uneven pounded edge finish; both short edges cut.
Inventory Description Tapa, rectangular, buff with light brown staining, torn, string and tapa fragmen
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 114 x 81 cm (44 7/8 x 31 7/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 90-17-70/48433.3
Provenance
Donor American Antiquarian Society

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