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Object Number
00-8-70/55360
Display Title
Tapa cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Tapa, brown and dark brown on natural linear and geometric designs
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
/
<State>
/
Vava'u
Additional Geographic Terms
Vavau Group
Materials
Bark, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 92.5 x 57.5 cm (36 7/16 x 22 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55360; 45.1262 / Cambridge
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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| |
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
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