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Object Number
37-9-70/489
Display Title
Tapa
Descriptions
Object Description
Sheets of tapa tied together, one pink. A five layer kapa moe (sleeping cloth). The five individual cloths are joined by stitching in the traditional manner (as described by Kooijman, Tapa in Polynesia, pp.168-9) with a strip of twisted kapa, along one long edge. All five cloths are of medium thickness and are composed of finely pounded off-white inner bark fibers.
Inventory Description
Tapa, rectangular, multilayered, pink and blue striped outer, hatch and dot text
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
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Hawaii
Dimensions
Overall: 206 x 244 cm (81 1/8 x 96 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-9-70/489
Provenance
Collector
Rev. Dr. C. M. Hyde
(1890 ca.)
Donor
Mrs. Alfred C. Hanford
(Jan 19, 1937)
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Hawaii
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| 85-7-70/37611 | Tapa |
Tapa
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Honolulu County
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| 76-51-70/11012 | Sleeping cloth of five kapa sheets |
Tapa
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Hawaii
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| 96-25-70/49498.1 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
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Samoa
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| 85-7-70/37608 | Small booklet of cut kapa samples |
Book
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Hawaii
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| 36-45-70/336 | Piece of brown tapa cloth |
Tapa
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Samoa
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| 91-6-70/50769.4 | Sash of tapa cloth, Fijian masi |
Tapa
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Fiji
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| 88-51-70/51524 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
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Samoa
Tonga | |
| 14-29-70/85716 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
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Fiji
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| 67-9-70/118 | Decorated kapa fragment |
Tapa
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Hawaii
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| 44-20-70/2266 | Round piece of tapa cloth |
Tapa
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Samoa
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| 12-35-70/84186 | Hand-painted circular tapa cloth, Siapo mamanu |
Tapa
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Tutuila Island
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