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Object Number
11-2-70/83929
Display Title
Tapa cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa cloth, decorated on face side. See conservation report.
Inventory Description
Tapa, thin cloth, rectangular, sparse decorations across cloth, brown and yellow pigment on natural background, decorations of circles, crescents, and dots, linear border with triangular designs
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Dimensions
Overall: 523.241 × 75 × 9 cm (206 × 29 1/2 × 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1896-1900 - 1911)
Donor
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1896-1900 - 1911)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-39-70/D1272 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 11-2-70/83932 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Tonga
| |
| 973-24-70/5364 | Tapa cloth, white field, three dots at center, two parallel bands at ends. Field |
Tapa
|
Fiji?
Tonga? | |
| 98-8-70/51704 | Tapa cloth mat |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 98-8-70/51692 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Futuna Islands
| |
| 18-2-70/D1103 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa?
| |
| 34-137-70/298 | Piece of tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Niaufo'ou (Tin Can Island)
| |
| 00-8-70/55357 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Nomuka
| |
| 01-13-70/56761 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Tahiti
| |
| 98-8-70/51706 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 2000.16.1 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Tonga?
Samoa? | |
| 14-23-70/85657 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
|