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Object Number
44-35-70/2268
Display Title
Tapa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tapa or Kapa
Object Description
Piece of decorated bark cloth
Inventory Description
Tapa, square fragment, red and black crosshatched linear designs, 1 raw edge
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1842
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Dimensions
Overall: 24.8 x 24.4 x 0.1 cm (9 3/4 x 9 5/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
44-35-70/2268/ 1090
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Charles Wilkes
(1838-1840)
Collector
U.S. Exploring Expedition
(1838-1840)
Donor
Dorothea L. Dix
Donor
Old South Church of Boston
(June 16, 1944)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90-17-70/48435.7 | Decorated tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/120 | Fine tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/122 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 92-4-70/48376 | Strip of tapa |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 37-9-70/489 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/118 | Decorated kapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 999-18-70/5840 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 23-47-70/D1804 | Sleeping mat of tapa |
Tapa
|
Solomon islands
| |
| 99-1-70/52212 | Tapa cloth, white |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County?
| |
| 43-32-70/2249 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Pago Pago
| |
| 92-4-70/48378.2 | Tapa cloth sash of King's daughter |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 98-8-70/51703 | Large tapa curtain |
Tapa
|
Naroi
Moala |