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Object Number
2019.10.9
Display Title
Tapa / ngatu
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa / ngatu with multiple designs
Inventory Description
Tapa, tan with brown pigment, geometric designs, triangular designs, patterns with three black dots, torn in body and on edges
Classification
- Bark cloth
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1953 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
Materials
Barkcloth , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of tapa folded): 94 × 55 × 0.04 cm (37 × 21 5/8)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2019.10.9
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
Owner
Joan Oliver Shore
(1927)
Collector
Langi Kavaliku
Collector
Fuiva Kavaliku
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019.10.18 | Tapa / ngatu |
Bark cloth
|
Tonga
| |
| 2019.10.4 | Tapa / ngatu with "OBE" |
Bark cloth
|
Tonga
| |
| 2019.10.1 | Tapa, very large |
Bark cloth
|
Tonga
| |
| 34-137-70/298 | Piece of tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Niaufo'ou (Tin Can Island)
| |
| 34-137-70/299 | Piece of tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Niaufo'ou (Tin Can Island)
| |
| 2019.10.2 | Tapa - Ngatu, alternating square and flower designs |
Stamp
|
Tonga
| |
| 00-8-70/55342 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Eua Island
| |
| 11-2-70/83961 | Hand-painted tapa, Hiapo |
Tapa
|
Niue
| |
| 88-51-70/51524 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
Tonga | |
| 2013.8.14 | Large ngatu bark cloth, 3 langangas |
Bark cloth
|
Tonga
| |
| 973-24-70/5366 | Tapa cloth fragment |
Tapa
|
Tonga?
| |
| 00-8-70/55344 | Decorated tapa cloth, Ngatu with Koe Vaisima printing, Ha'amonga trilithon |
Tapa
|
Eua Island
|