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Tapa cloth, scalloped borders, white field predominates. Triangle design
Tapa cloth, scalloped borders, white field predominates. Triangle design
Object Number 973-24-70/5367
Display Title Tapa cloth, scalloped borders, white field predominates. Triangle design
Descriptions
Object Description Tapa cloth, scalloped borders, white field predominates. Triangel design 4 sides; center figure of eagle of "thunderbird." Please see conservation records for an indepth description.
Inventory Description Tapa, rectangular with scalloped edges, brown painted bird and triangle design
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga?
Oceania / Samoa?
Materials Tapa, Pigment, Unidentified colorant, Beaten inner bark fiber
Dimensions Overall: 86.5 x 78.5 x 0.1 cm (34 1/16 x 30 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-24-70/5367
Provenance
Donor Donated by Estate of Eliot Elisofon

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