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Ta'ovala, crocheted
Object Number 2019.10.10
Display Title Ta'ovala, crocheted
Descriptions
Inventory Description Crocheted plant fiber, curved band, oven stitch, fragile
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date 1971 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 97.5 × 14.7 × 0.1 cm (38 3/8 × 5 13/16 × 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2019.10.10
Credit Line Gift of Rebecca Shore, Hannah Powell, Kaethe Shore and John Joseph Shore in honor of Dr. S. Langi Kavaliku (Harvard BA, 1961), Fuiva Kavaliku, and the people of Tonga.
Provenance
Collector Edward A. Shore
Collector Joan Oliver Shore (1927)
Donor Donated by Rebecca Shore (3/11/2019)
Donor Donated by Kaethe Shore (3/11/2019)
Donor Donated by John Joseph Shore (3/11/2019)
Donor Donated by Hannah Powell (3/11/2019)

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