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Object Number 99-15-70/53892
Display Title Machine-stiched tapa dress
Descriptions
Inventory Description Dress, tapa, buff with brown zigzag bands, gathered hem and high collar, holes
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 123 x 118 cm (48 7/16 x 46 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53892
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1898-1899)

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