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Object Number
974-21-70/5428
Display Title
Tapa cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa cloth with brown and apricot colored patterns rubbed over a carved wooden tablet in rectangular block format. Cloth appears to be of Samoan manufacture though catalogue register states Tonga.
Inventory Description
Tapa cloth, rectangular, painted brown grid with geometric designs
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Materials
Bark Pigment Dye Inner bark fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 170 x 125 cm (66 15/16 x 49 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Mrs. Donald Portenier
Donor
Donated by
Mr. Donald Portenier
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000.16.1 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Tonga?
Samoa? | |
| 96-25-70/49498.2 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 14-23-70/85657 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 2000.16.3 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Samoa?
Tonga | |
| 967-32-70/4634 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Tonga
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Smoke-toned tapa
| 36-45-70/337.2 | Smoke-toned tapa | |||
| 36-45-70/336 | Piece of brown tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 2000.16.2 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Tonga?
Samoa? | |
| 11-2-70/83931 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 00-8-70/55342 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Eua Island
| |
| 48-56-70/3129 | Tapa cloth with brown and black flower-like designs |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 18-2-70/D1102 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa?
|