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Object Number 2002.7.1
Display Title Tapa cloth turtle painting in relief
Descriptions
Indigenous Term ngatu; hiapo
Object Description Small bark cloth "ngatu" of paper mulberry "hiapo", with two sea turtles in relief; signed
Inventory Description Painting, rectangular, 2 sculptural sea turtles painted brown, black and buff
Classification
  • Painting
Department Ethnographic
Date 2001
Artist Tomui
Culture
  • Tonga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 22.6 x 3 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2002.7.1
Credit Line Gift of Adrienne L. Kaeppler
Provenance
Collector Adrienne Kaeppler (2001 - 2/22/02)
Donor Adrienne Kaeppler (2001 - 2/22/02)

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