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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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85-7-70/37608 | Small booklet of cut kapa samples |
Book
|
Hawaii
| |
| 71-8-70/2899 | Small kapa cloth sample |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 973-24-70/5369 | Undecorated light brown tapa cloth, wavy texture (made by pounding with square b |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 18-2-70/D1107 | Small booklet of kapa samples |
Book
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/118 | Decorated kapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48431 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Aitutaki
| |
| 90-17-70/48435.7 | Decorated tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48434.9 | Decorated kapa fragment with four smaller cut samples |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 94-10-70/48375 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County
| |
| 67-9-70/122 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 71-8-70/2899.3 | Decorated white kapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 69-20-70/51521 | Decorated kapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii?
|