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Object Number 80-24-70/23089.1
Display Title Partially beaten tapa
Descriptions
Object Description Short cut length of off-white inner bark fibers showing a stage in the beating process.
Inventory Description Barkcloth, light beige, rectangular, rough surface, gaps between fiber
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Tapa cloth
Dimensions Overall: 63.5 × 13.7 × 1.5 cm (25 × 5 3/8 × 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 23089
Provenance
Donor Boston Society of Natural History (1880)

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80-24-70/23089 Partially beaten tapa
Tapa
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Lau'a, tapa in process of manufacture
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