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Object Number
98-8-70/51701
Display Title
Decorated tapa
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa cloth garment. Masi kesa with free-hand painting and side edges of finely cut fringes. The cloth measures L= 3.08 meters by 70 cm at one end and 73 cm at the other. The cloth measures 70 cm wide at the half way point. Extended dimensions, including the fringe, are length = 3.32 meters and a width of 78cm at one end and 81 cm at the other end.
Inventory Description
Tapa cloth, rectangular, painted black and brown geometric, linear designs
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Dimensions
Overall: 300 x 72 cm (118 1/8 x 28 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1897)
Dealer
John W. Waters
(1897)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91-6-70/50769.2 | Sash of tapa cloth, Fijian masi |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 91-6-70/50769.1 | Sash of tapa cloth, Fijian masi |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 91-6-70/50769.4 | Sash of tapa cloth, Fijian masi |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 14-29-70/85716 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 98-8-70/51702.1 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
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for Smoke-toned tapa
| 36-45-70/337.2 | Smoke-toned tapa | |||
| 32-62-70/D4113 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 11-2-70/83939 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 19-39-70/D1271 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 15-39-70/86663 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 99-15-70/53901 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 36-45-70/335 | Long piece of black and white tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
|