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Object Number
2001.22.1.3
Display Title
Tapa cloth flower
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa cloth flower; dark brown outer petals with smaller inner white petals; white leaf fiber center; leaf fiber stem wrapped with cotton thread, made by Mme. Teuira of Austral Islands now living in Tahiti; purchased in Tahiti at an open-air market.
Inventory Description
Tapa and fiber flower, white and brown petals, stem wrapped with natural thread
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Date
2001 ca.
Artist
Mme. Teuira
(8/28/01)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
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Austral Islands
/
Rimatara
Dimensions
Overall: 10.5 x 9 x 7 cm (4 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2001.22.1.3
Provenance
Collector
T. Rose Holdcraft
(8/28/01 - 12/7/01)
Seller
Mme. Teuira
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