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Object Number
976-31-70/5482
Display Title
Tapa sash
Descriptions
Object Description
Bark cloth, light brown and yellow with dark brown splotches and a lightly imprinted design. 90 cm x 10 cm.
Inventory Description
Tapa strip, rectangular, buff with imprinted and painted brown geometric designs
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Date
20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Materials
Tapa, Pigment, Beaten inner bark fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 90 x 11 cm (35 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
976-31-70/5482
Provenance
Collector
Philip Dark
(1970s)
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