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Object Number 2003.38.2
Display Title Tapa with crest
Descriptions
Object Description Tapa with crest; double layer bark cloth with brown pigment diamond border, design of crest with crown between two boughs, two flags, cross within star of David, smaller crown, small stars, swords?, with writing "KOEOTUA MOTOC KOMOKOTO FIA"; folded; insect damage. Additional description under conservation report.
Inventory Description Tapa, square, painted geometric border, center crest design
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Date 1941-1945
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa?
Oceania / Tonga?
Dimensions Overall: 82.2 x 88.5 cm (32 3/8 x 34 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Owner Emily Stiteler (11/2002)
Owner Harry Stiteler (11/2002)
Collector William Breazeale (1941-1945)
Seller Harry Stiteler

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