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Object Number 67-9-70/117
Display Title Tapa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tapa or Kapa
Object Description Cloth made of wood fibre
Inventory Description Tapa, rectangular folded cloth, buff with ridged appearance, black residue 1 sid
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 20 x 0.4 cm (10 1/16 x 7 7/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 117 / BA
Provenance
Donor Boston Athenaeum

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