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Object Number 00-8-70/55338
Display Title Tapa pattern print board
Descriptions
Object Description Carved wooden board for printing tapa
Inventory Description Board, wooden, dark brown, curved, rectangular, incised linear and geometric designs on overall exterior, rough undecorated interior
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa?
Oceania / Tonga
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 62.2 × 27.3 × 7.5 cm (24 1/2 × 10 3/4 × 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55338
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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