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Object Number
2004.24.2600
Display Title
Tapa making; Beating bark
Descriptions
Subject
- Man
- Expedition
- Child
- Woman
- Rural
Department
Photographic
Date
c. 1898
Culture
- Polynesian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
Materials
Negative, glass plate
Dimensions
Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.2597 | Tapa making; Peeling bark |
Tonga
| ||
| 22-2-50/B3614 | Bark for making bark cloth after first beating |
Raw Material
Textile |
Cameroon
| |
| 2004.29.24501 | Peeling bark for tapa making |
Tonga
| ||
| 99-15-70/53884 | Le pae, shell for second scraping of bark for making tapa |
Textileworking
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-15-70/53885 | Le ta, shell for third scraping of bark for making tapa |
Textileworking
|
Samoa
| |
| 36-105-70/423 | Stick of wood used for beating tapa |
Beater
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2004.24.2595 | Tapa making; Printing Tapa |
Tonga
| ||
| 2004.29.24524 | Beating tapa |
Tonga
| ||
| 99-15-70/53869 | Block for beating tapa |
Textileworking
|
Samoa
| |
| 39-39-50/3530 | Wooden mallet, corrugated cylinder with 9.5" handle, used for beating bark(sangu |
Beater
|
Uganda
| |
| 39-39-50/3531 | Wooden mallet, corrugated cylinder with 6.5" handle, used for beating bark (sang |
Beater
|
Uganda
| |
| 39-39-50/3533 | Wooden mallet, corrugated cylinder with 9.75" handle, used for beating bark (sa |
Tools
|
Uganda
|