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Object Number 2001.22.5
Display Title Decorated tapa
Descriptions
Object Description Decorated tapa cloth backed with thin, nonwoven synthetic fabric, purchased from a Tongan woman (unidentified) at the Otara Flea Market south of Auckland New Zealand.
Inventory Description Tapa, six red diamonds with black floral designs around border
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Date 2001 ca.
Artist Unknown (9/8/01)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga?
Dimensions Overall: 96.2 cm (37 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector T. Rose Holdcraft (9/8/01 - 12/7/01)
Dealer Unknown (9/8/01)

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