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Tapa cloth, border at narrow ends suggests picket fence, church and tree motifs.
Tapa cloth, border at narrow ends suggests picket fence, church and tree motifs.
Object Number 973-24-70/5362
Display Title Tapa cloth, border at narrow ends suggests picket fence, church and tree motifs.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tapa, rectangular, buff with brown geometric and landscape design
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji?
Oceania / Tonga?
Materials Tapa, Pigment, Unidentified pigment, Dye, Binder, Inner bark fiber
Dimensions Overall: 139.4 x 114.6 x 0.1 cm (54 7/8 x 45 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-24-70/5362
Provenance
Collector Mr. Eliot Elisofon (1940-1972)
Donor Donated by Estate of Eliot Elisofon (06/1973)

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