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Object Number 2001.22.4
Display Title Tapa cloth mat, circular, large
Descriptions
Object Description Decorated tapa cloth mat, large, circular; stamped "_atulel_ Tapa" in bluish ink on reverse; small paper tag printed in black reads, "Tapa Cloth is made from our native mulberry (anga) bark which, after being peeled in long strips from the...This is a genuine tapa cloth article..."
Inventory Description Tapa mat, circular, buff with black and brown geometric and floral band designs
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Date 2001 ca.
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji / <State> / Moce
Dimensions Overall: 93 x 93 cm (36 5/8 x 36 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object #atulel# Tapa; 2001.22.4/ VATULELA/ TAPA/ 3X3 22
Provenance
Collector T. Rose Holdcraft (9/03/01 - 12/7/01)
Dealer Island Craft, Ltd Avarua (9/03/01)
Seller Island Craft, Ltd Avarua

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