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Undecorated light brown tapa cloth, wavy texture (made by pounding with square b
Undecorated light brown tapa cloth, wavy texture (made by pounding with square b
Object Number 973-24-70/5369
Display Title Undecorated light brown tapa cloth, wavy texture (made by pounding with square b
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tapa or Kapa
Object Description Undecorated light brown tapa cloth, wavy texture (made by pounding with square beaters) 15 x 34"
Inventory Description Tapa, brown with traces of black, rectangular, embossed linear pattern
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Tapa, Pigment, Unidentified pigment, Dye, Inner bark fiber
Dimensions Overall: 63 x 88 cm (24 13/16 x 34 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-24-70/5369
Provenance
Collector Mr. Eliot Elisofon
Donor Estate of Eliot Elisofon (June 1973)

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