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Tapa cloth sash of King's daughter
Tapa cloth sash of King's daughter
Object Number 92-4-70/48378.3
Display Title Tapa cloth sash of King's daughter
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Kapa
Object Description Tapa cloth. Siapo tasina. Medium-weight two layer cloth with decoration primarily on one side. Grain direction is lengthwise on face and rear. Overlapping pasted joins. Three edges are straight cut with the lower edge, cut fringes. Cloth was rubbed over a leaf design tablet in a matte reddish-brown paint with additional freehand painting in a glossy black paint; black lines at the edges, narrow lines in cross-shape and for solid circle motifs and half-moon motifs. See additional notes under conservation report.
Inventory Description Tapa, rectangular, fringed ends, buff with brown linear, zigzag and moon design
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Additional Geographic Terms Polynesia
Materials Tapa, Pigment, Unidentified pigment, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 121.92 x 36.83 x 0.1 cm (48 x 14 1/2 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48378.3
Provenance
Seller Sold by Mrs. E. A. Stoddard

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