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Light patterned woman's tapa cloth with brown stripes
Light patterned woman's tapa cloth with brown stripes
Object Number 46-44-70/2283
Display Title Light patterned woman's tapa cloth with brown stripes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tapa, natural color with brown stripes and squares
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Milne Bay
Materials Fiber Dye Unidentified pigment Beaten inner bark fiber
Dimensions Overall: 105 x 70 x 1 cm (41 5/16 x 27 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Mr. Wright (1944)
Donor Capt. Albert O. Porter (1946)

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