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Object Number 2013.8.12
Display Title Kupesi design board with Frangipani flower and geometric motifs
Descriptions
Inventory Description Kupesi design board, fiber, rectangular, flat, raised floral and geometric designs
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date 1994 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga
Dimensions Other: 51.7 x 32 x 0.6 cm (20 3/8 x 12 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.8.12
Credit Line Gift of Judith Lopez Billings, Ph.D
Provenance
Owner Judith Lopez Billings (1994-2013)
Collector Vasiti Toganivalu (-1994)
Donor Donated by Judith Lopez Billings (1994-2013)

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