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Object Number 2004.29.24524
Display Title Beating tapa
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Tonga" Verso: "Tonga Islands / Beating Tapa"
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Tongan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga
Dimensions Overall: 14.2875 × 19.685 cm (5 5/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Printing tapa
2004.29.24525 Printing tapa
Tonga
Image Not Available for Dyeing tapa cloth, people, buildings
2004.29.24566 Dyeing tapa cloth, people, buildings
Tongatapu island
Peeling bark for tapa making
2004.29.24501 Peeling bark for tapa making
Tonga
Tapa pattern board
2004.24.33709 Tapa pattern board
Tonga
Image Not Available for Dyeing tapa cloth, people, buildings
2004.29.24565 Dyeing tapa cloth, people, buildings
Tongatapu island
Tapa making; Beating bark
2004.24.2600 Tapa making; Beating bark
Tonga
Stick of wood used for beating tapa
36-105-70/423 Stick of wood used for beating tapa
Beater
New Guinea
Block for beating tapa
99-15-70/53869 Block for beating tapa
Textileworking
Samoa
Studio portrait of woman with fan next to tea set
2004.29.24538 Studio portrait of woman with fan next to tea set
Tonga
A Samoan woman and girl
2004.29.24650 A Samoan woman and girl
Samoa
Tapa making
2004.29.24513 Tapa making
Tonga
Boys washing and beating sheepskins
56-55-60/15865.1.214 Boys washing and beating sheepskins
Wang Yeh Fu