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Object Number 67-24-70/619
Display Title Piece of bark cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tapa, rectangular piece, black pigment 1 side, ridged texture, wrinkled
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga?
Oceania / Samoa?
Dimensions Overall: 50 x 79 cm (19 11/16 x 31 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 619
Provenance
Collector U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Collector Capt. Charles Wilkes (1838-1842)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1867)

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