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Object Number
973-24-70/5370
Display Title
Tapa cloth cut fragment
Descriptions
Object Description
Small decorated tapa cloth section from a larger cloth (ngatu) features four lalanga with a snake motif, floral and geometric motifs in red brown paint rubbed over kupesi and then freehand overpainted in dark brown. Additional notes under conservation report.
Inventory Description
Tapa cloth, rectangular, painted brown, black plant and curvilinear designs
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
Oceania / Fiji
Oceania / Fiji
Dimensions
Overall: 180 x 104 cm (70 7/8 x 40 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Eliot Elisofon
(1940-1972 - 1973)
Donor
Mr. Eliot Elisofon
(1940-1972 - June 1973)
Donor
Donated by
Estate of Eliot Elisofon
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| |
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Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 11-2-70/83936 | Tapa cloth |
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|
Kambara
| |
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Tapa
|
Samoa
Tonga | |
| 43-32-70/2249 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Pago Pago
| |
| 14-29-70/85709 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
|