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Object Number
00-8-70/55347.8
Display Title
Palm-leaf printing form (fish) for tapa cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
Palm-leaf printing form (fish) for tapa cloth.
A fish shaped design tablet made of leaf strips and coconut-leaflet midribs. The object's construction consists of two layers, rear foundation of pandanus leaf with hibiscus leaf stitching and on face side coconut leaf mid-ribs with coconut husk (sennit) fiber stitching; mid-ribs provide raised regions for use in printing. Curved lines decorate the tablet.
Identifying numbers: A Peabody catalogue number in red has been applied onto the surface of the verso.
Inventory Description
Stencil, palm leaf embroidered with fiber in fish form, 1 fin each side
Classification
- Textileworking
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
/
<State>
/
Eua Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Tongatapu Group
Dimensions
Overall: 11 x 22 x 0.6 cm (4 5/16 x 8 11/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
00-8-70/55347.8/ 55347
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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