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Object Number
42-15-70/2019
Display Title
Tapa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tapa or Kapa
Object Description
Samples of tapa cloth - white, black & white, red & white, brown & white, brown
Inventory Description
Tapa, 8 rectangular samples glued or sewn to card, verso has flower fragement
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1872
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Dimensions
Overall: 18.9 x 15.7 x 0.3 cm (7 7/16 x 6 3/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
7
Label on object
42-15-70/2019 / Samples of cloth made by the / Natives of the Hawaiian Is. / Dec
Provenance
Collector
Miss Kate Ashby Gliddon
(1872)
Donor
Miss Jeanne Gliddon
(1942 ca.)
Donor
Baker Library, Harvard University
(1942 ca. - May 2, 1942)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82-19-70/26468.15 | Tapa cloth sample |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 82-19-70/26468.20 | Tapa cloth sample |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 99-1-70/52212 | Tapa cloth, white |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County?
| |
| 82-19-70/26468.5 | Tapa cloth sample |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 82-19-70/26468.18 | Tapa cloth sample |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 82-19-70/26468.9 | Tapa cloth sample |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 82-19-70/26468.10 | Tapa cloth sample |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 80-24-70/23087.2 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 82-19-70/26468.13 | Tapa cloth sample |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 82-19-70/26468.12 | Tapa cloth sample |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 82-19-70/26468.8 | Tapa cloth sample |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 82-19-70/26468.2 | Tapa cloth sample |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
|