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Object Number
11-2-70/83939
Display Title
Tapa cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
White tapa cloth known as masi vulvula; cloth has very finely cut fringes along side edges and four cut fringes at top and bottom edges and at the individual joins. Additional object description notes under conservation.
Inventory Description
Tapa, rectangular, fringed edges, white
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Materials
Bark, Beaten inner bark fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 579.12 x 33.02 cm (228 x 13 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
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| 98-8-70/51702.1 | Tapa cloth |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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|
Samoa
| |
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|
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