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Tapa cloth, white field, three dots at center, two parallel bands at ends. Field
Tapa cloth, white field, three dots at center, two parallel bands at ends. Field
Object Number 973-24-70/5364
Display Title Tapa cloth, white field, three dots at center, two parallel bands at ends. Field
Descriptions
Object Description Tapa cloth, white field, three dots at center, two parallel bands at ends. Field predominates over pattern. The dots apparently indicate that the fabric has "passed inspection". See conservation report.
Inventory Description Tapa, rectangular, thin, pale natural background, sparsely decorated, black dots in center and at edges, brown parallel bands
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji?
Oceania / Tonga?
Materials Fiber , Pigment , Dye? , Unidentified pigment , Beaten inner bark fiber
Dimensions Overall: 89 x 50 x 1 cm (35 1/16 x 19 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-24-70/5364
Provenance
Collector Mr. Eliot Elisofon (1940-1972)
Donor Estate of Eliot Elisofon (1973)

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