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Object Number
23-47-70/D1802
Display Title
Breech cloth of tapa
Descriptions
Object Description
Breech cloth of tapa. The long narrow cloth is medium to heavy weight of evenly pounded, light brown inner bark fibers with decoration on one side with dry pigments/ink. Handpainted geometric designs Additional object description notes under conservation.
Inventory Description
Tapa strip, long, buff with black pigment diamond and linear designs, torn
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Santa Cruz Islands
Materials
Tapa Pigment Ink Paint Inner bark fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 97 x 20 cm (38 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D/ 1802
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Tapa
|
Solomon islands
| |
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Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 90-17-70/48433.3 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/122 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 36-45-70/335 | Long piece of black and white tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 11-2-70/83961 | Hand-painted tapa, Hiapo |
Tapa
|
Niue
| |
| 18-20-70/D1149 | Hand-painted loincloth |
Tapa
|
New Britain
| |
| 00-8-70/55346 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Eua Island
| |
| 999-18-70/5804 | Bark cloth, Samoan siapo |
Tapa
|
Oceania
| |
| 32-69-70/D4098 | Tapa pad for putting on paint |
Textileworking
|
Samoa
| |
| 96-25-70/49498.1 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 12-35-70/84186 | Hand-painted circular tapa cloth, Siapo mamanu |
Tapa
|
Tutuila Island
|