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Object Number
23-47-70/D1804
Display Title
Sleeping mat of tapa
Descriptions
Object Description
Sleeping mat of tapa. The rectangular medium - heavy weight cloth is not full length, top and bottom edges have been cut. Lightly beaten inner bark fiber strip bears 12 branch holes (alternate branching). Cloth is decorated on one side in black ink/dry pigments in rectangular geometric designs of twined, woven and plaited structures. Additional object descritpion notes under conservation.
Inventory Description
Tapa, rectangular, buff with pigmented black linear and diamond designs, holes
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Santa Cruz Islands
Dimensions
Overall: 113 x 44 cm (44 1/2 x 17 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D/ 1804
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-47-70/D1803 | Sleeping tapa |
Tapa
|
Solomon islands
| |
| 48-49-70/2922 | Piece of tapa - white with brown designs |
Felted
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-15-70/53901 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 90-17-70/48433.4 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 40-39-70/1534 | Undecorated tapa shirt |
Tapa
|
Oceania
| |
| 46-44-70/2282 | Man's decorated tapa |
Tapa
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 18-2-70/D1102 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa?
| |
| 67-9-70/122 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 12-35-70/84186 | Hand-painted circular tapa cloth, Siapo mamanu |
Tapa
|
Tutuila Island
| |
| 15-39-70/86663 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 37-9-70/489 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/120 | Fine tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
|