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Tapa cloth fragment
Object Number 34-137-70/297
Display Title Tapa cloth fragment
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tapa, rectangular, buff with brown pigment, linear hatched design, rolled
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tonga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga / <State> / Niaufo'ou (Tin Can Island)
Materials Tapa, Pigment, Starch adhesive, Pigment?, Dye?, Inner bark fiber
Dimensions Overall: 194 x 86.2 x 0.1 cm (76 3/8 x 33 15/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-137-70/297
Provenance
Collector Weld Arnold (1931 - October 24, 1934)
Donor Weld Arnold (October 24, 1934)

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