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Object Number 90-17-70/48436
Display Title Book of kapa (tapa / bark cloth) sample pieces
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Kapa
Inventory Description Book, tapa samples, rectangular, various patterns and textures, fiber sewn
Classification
  • Book
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 11 x 3 cm (6 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object located on the unpainted side of page 7 of the object; 48436
Provenance
Donor American Antiquarian Society (1890)

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