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Object Number
90-17-70/48434.9
Display Title
Decorated kapa fragment with four smaller cut samples
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
kapa
Object Description
Small rectangular cut piece of kapa with stamped and lined decoration on one side and yellow dye on rear side, with four smaller cut pieces of different kapa gathered at upper facing right corner. Additional object description under Conservation.
Inventory Description
Tapa, rectangular, polychrome linear and dot design, gathered tied fringe at cor
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Dimensions
Overall: 58.42 x 59.69 x 5.08 cm (23 x 23 1/2 x 2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
90-17-70/48434.9; Presented to the / American antiquarian Society / by Mrs. Mary
Provenance
Donor
American Antiquarian Society
(1890)
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