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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
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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