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Object Number
67-9-70/122
Display Title
Tapa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tapa or Kapa
Object Description
Cloth made of wood fibre. Oiled kapa; fragment cut from a larger whole; a light weight cloth of finely pounded inner bark fibers; fibers well macerated and enmeshed; cloth "watermarked" throughout with linear beater impressions; one side decorated by stamping with stripes; individual stripes composed of complex geometric patterns in opaque black and orange-brown colorants; colorants probably bound charcoal and red earth pigment; both long edges and one short edge of the cloth are cut; the remaining short edge retains its natural pounded finish; several pairs of small circular holes occur at intervals along the uncut edge; the cloth possess an overall yellow-brown color and its saturated translucent nature suggests that it has been oiled.
Inventory Description
Tapa fragment, rectangular, curvilinear band and dot designs, red, black on brn
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Dimensions
Overall: 45.7 x 92 x 0.1 cm (18 x 36 1/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
67-9-70/122/ Hawaii
Provenance
Donor
Boston Athenaeum
(1867)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94-10-70/48375 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County
| |
| 67-9-70/120 | Fine tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48431 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Aitutaki
| |
| 48-49-70/2922 | Piece of tapa - white with brown designs |
Felted
|
Samoa
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Small fragments in plastic bag from object 27-5-70/D2994
| 27-5-70/D2994.1 | Small fragments in plastic bag from object 27-5-70/D2994 |
Hawaii
| ||
| 90-17-70/48433.3 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 56-41-70/3800.2 | Piece of red tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Papeete
| |
| 56-41-70/3801 | Piece of white tapa (9' 6" x 13' 5") |
Tapa
|
Society Islands
Tahiti | |
| 973-24-70/5365 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa?
| |
| 67-9-70/118 | Decorated kapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 00-8-70/55415.1 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Aitutaki
| |
| 92-4-70/48376 | Strip of tapa |
Tapa
|
Samoa
|