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Object Number
32-69-70/D4098
Display Title
Tapa pad for putting on paint
Descriptions
Object Description
Pad for putting on paint.
A small fan-shaped cloth pad composed of pounded off-white inner bark fibers. The pad is made up of a single evenly pounded sheet; it is folded several times and tied together with a thin strip of pounded bark fibers 4 cm from the end having the cut edges; the opposing end widens into a triangle. Manufacture related crease line appear parallel to the width. Branch holes occur throughout. A reddish/brown pigments is present on the along the broad end. Ther are no beater patterns visible.
Inventory Description
Brush, tapa bundle, folded, gathered and tied one end, buff with brown stain
Classification
- Textileworking
Department
Ethnographic
Artist
Harriet Hammond
(1932)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Dimensions
Overall: 16.5 x 10 x 2.25 cm (6 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D-4098
Provenance
Seller
Harriet Hammond
(1932)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-15-70/53889.3 | Tapa in the process of manufacture |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-15-70/53890 | Piece of unfinished tapa |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 56-41-70/3800.2 | Piece of red tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Papeete
| |
| 85-7-70/37624 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 00-8-70/55415.1 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Aitutaki
| |
| 99-15-70/53889.4 | Lau'a, tapa in process of manufacture |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-15-70/53889.1 | Lau'a, tapa in process of manufacture |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-15-70/53901 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 32-62-70/D4113 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 56-41-70/3801 | Piece of white tapa (9' 6" x 13' 5") |
Tapa
|
Society Islands
Tahiti | |
|
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for Smoke-toned tapa
| 36-45-70/337.2 | Smoke-toned tapa | |||
| 99-15-70/53889.2 | Lau'a, tapa in process of manufacture |
Tapa
|
Samoa
|