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Object Number
90-17-70/48433.6
Display Title
Tapa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tapa or Kapa
Object Description
Light brown colored single-layer tapa cloth of moderate thinness with an uneven beater pattern. The beater pattern is generally vertical with diagonal variations. There are areas of possible felted overlap where the diagonal beater marks intersect and take on a herringbone appearance. No pasted or overlapping joins are present. The edge finish seems to be the natural edge from production, and there are no further decorative elements. Since the cloth is very plain and it arrived in the lab in a rectangular bundle, this may have been a cloth intended for wrapping objects as a packing material.
Inventory Description
Tapa, rectangular, buff with ridged texture, torn and degraded, 50+ pieces
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Tapa, Beaten inner bark fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 292 x 223 cm (114 15/16 x 87 13/16 in.)
Quantity
50+
Label on object
90-17-70/48433.6
Provenance
Donor
American Antiquarian Society
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98-8-70/51691 | White tapa cloth |
Tapa
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Fiji
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| 94-18-70/51050.2 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 80-24-70/23087.2 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48433.2 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/120 | Fine tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48435.7 | Decorated tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 99-1-70/52212 | Tapa cloth, white |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County?
| |
| 85-7-70/37625 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 67-9-70/122 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 36-45-70/336 | Piece of brown tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 88-51-70/51524 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
Tonga | |
| 90-17-70/48433.3 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
|