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Sleeping cloth of five kapa sheets
Object Number 76-51-70/11012
Display Title Sleeping cloth of five kapa sheets
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tapa or Kapa
Object Description Tapa cloth. A five layer kapa moe (sleeping cloth). The five individual cloths are joined by stitching with strips of twisted kapa, along one long edge. Additional notes under conservation.
Inventory Description Tapa cloth, rectangular, brown one side with natural floral design
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Bark, Pigment, Dye, Beaten inner bark fiber
Dimensions Overall: 218 x 298 cm (85 13/16 x 117 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Francis Parkman (1868 - Nov. 20, 1876)
Donor Francis Parkman (1868 - Nov. 20, 1876)

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