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Object Number
2003.38.3
Display Title
Tapa with American eagle
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa with American eagle; double layer bark cloth with dark brown pigment diamond border, central design of eagle with banner reading "E PLURIBUS UNUM", stars; pencil outlines; folded; some cracks and pigment loss; insect damage. See additional description under conservation.
Inventory Description
Tapa, rectangular, painted black amercian eagle design
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1941-1945
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa?
Oceania / Tonga?
Oceania / Tonga?
Materials
Bark, Pigment, Barkcloth
Dimensions
Overall: 74 x 136.7 cm (29 1/8 x 53 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, 2002
Provenance
Owner
Harry Stiteler
(11/2002)
Owner
Emily Stiteler
(11/2002)
Collector
William Breazeale
(1941-1945)
Seller
Harry Stiteler
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003.38.4 | Tapa with crest |
Tapa
|
Tonga?
Samoa? | |
| 2003.38.2 | Tapa with crest |
Tapa
|
Tonga?
Samoa? | |
| 2003.38.1 | Tapa with military insignia |
Tapa
|
Tonga?
Samoa? | |
| 967-32-70/4634 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Tonga
| |
| 2002.10.1 | Tapa cloth, siapo |
Tapa
|
Apia
| |
| 973-24-70/5367 | Tapa cloth, scalloped borders, white field predominates. Triangle design |
Tapa
|
Tonga?
Samoa? | |
| 91-6-70/50769.1 | Sash of tapa cloth, Fijian masi |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 14-29-70/85717 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 23-47-70/D1802 | Breech cloth of tapa |
Tapa
|
Solomon islands
| |
| 23-47-70/D1804 | Sleeping mat of tapa |
Tapa
|
Solomon islands
| |
| 56-5-70/3773 | Large piece of tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 36-45-70/335 | Long piece of black and white tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
|