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Object Number
99-15-70/53874
Display Title
(de papa fafi) board over which tapa printing strip is secured
Descriptions
Object Description
Design tablet (upeti) for tapa cloth
Inventory Description
Tapa, tool, barkcloth, rectangular, thin, designs overall, raised wooden designs, twisted cordage ties threaded through perforations, cordage ties attach tapa to board
Classification
- Textileworking
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Materials
Barkcloth, Wood, Fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 75 x 38 x 1.5 cm (29 1/2 x 14 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1898-1899)
Seller
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899)
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