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Object Number 99-15-70/53888
Display Title U'a fa fai, mulberry bark, scraped for tapa
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark, rectangular, flat, folded in half, light beige
Classification
  • Bark
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Materials Bark
Dimensions Overall: 39.7 × 10.9 × 2.2 cm (15 5/8 × 4 5/16 × 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53888
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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