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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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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