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Object Number 37-50-70/618
Display Title Large piece of tapa cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Large piece of tapa cloth. Decorated by rubbing over a design tablet (siapo vala? tasina?) Very Fragile; deteriorating. (1/2000)
Inventory Description Tapa, rectangular, gridded, black dots, linear designs, torn
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa?
Dimensions Overall: 207.01 x 152.4 cm (81 1/2 x 60 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Mr. Henry A. Darling
Donor Donated by Mrs. Mary A. Darling

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