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Object Number
2019.10.18
Display Title
Tapa / ngatu
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa / ngatu with designs of crossed flags, birds, floral pattern, sun, star with a cross
Inventory Description
Tapa / ngatu, tan and brown pigment, designs of crossed flags, birds, floral pattern, sun, star with a cross, letters inside a drawn rectangle, multiple tears in body and 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): 107 × 59 × 0.02 cm (42 1/8 × 23 1/4)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2019.10.18
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019.10.9 | Tapa / ngatu |
Bark cloth
|
Tonga
| |
| 2019.10.4 | Tapa / ngatu with "OBE" |
Bark cloth
|
Tonga
| |
| 2003.38.4 | Tapa with crest |
Tapa
|
Tonga?
Samoa? | |
| 2003.38.2 | Tapa with crest |
Tapa
|
Tonga?
Samoa? | |
| 2019.10.2 | Tapa - Ngatu, alternating square and flower designs |
Stamp
|
Tonga
| |
| 34-137-70/298 | Piece of tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Niaufo'ou (Tin Can Island)
| |
| 973-24-70/5366 | Tapa cloth fragment |
Tapa
|
Tonga?
| |
| 995-29-10/73803 | Pictorial rug, eagle and two American flags |
Rug
|
Arizona
New Mexico | |
| 00-8-70/55342 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Eua Island
| |
| 967-32-70/4634 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Tonga
| |
| 34-137-70/299 | Piece of tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Niaufo'ou (Tin Can Island)
| |
| 973-24-70/5370 | Tapa cloth cut fragment |
Tapa
|
Fiji
Tonga |