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Object Number
90-17-70/48433.4
Display Title
Tapa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tapa or Kapa
Object Description
Fine tapa section from a larger cloth, perhaps the kilohana (top) layer of a kapa moe (sleeping cloth)as suggested by what appear to be sewing holes along one long edge. Appears similar to the kapa kalukalu in Brigham's Ka Hana Kapa, 1911, page 209. Additional notes under conservation.
Inventory Description
Tapa, rectangular, brown linear designs on natural
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Dimensions
Overall: 411.5 x 72 cm (162 x 28 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
48433
Provenance
Donor
American Antiquarian Society
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94-10-70/48375 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County
| |
| 99-1-70/52212 | Tapa cloth, white |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County?
| |
| 90-17-70/48433.5 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/118 | Decorated kapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 76-51-70/11012 | Sleeping cloth of five kapa sheets |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/120 | Fine tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/122 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 974-5-70/5434 | Cut section of tapa |
Tapa
|
Philippines
| |
| 85-7-70/37611 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 69-20-70/1271 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48435.7 | Decorated tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 37-9-70/489 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
|