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Object Number
11-2-70/83961
Display Title
Hand-painted tapa, Hiapo
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa cloth. Light-medium weight cloth made of off-white inner bark fibers decorated on one side with a network of diamond-shaped motifs, bamboo leaves or pod-like designs. The cloth is composed of three single evenly pounded layers fabricated from smaller individual pieces that are joined by overlapping, pasting and beating; all layers have parallel grain directions. All edges of the cloth retains its original pounded finishing edge. There are no visible beater patterns. Surface decoration is in a blackish/brown paint; all design elements have been handpainted.
Identifying numbers and labels:
A Peabody Museum catalogue number in red has been applied on the verso of one corners. Beside the applied numbers are a paper tag on string ('Probably Niue') and a taped label ('25.Peabody-H').
Inventory Description
Tapa, rectangular, white with black geometric and curvilinear painted design
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Niue
- Samoan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
/
<State>
/
Niue
Additional Geographic Terms
Cook Islands
Materials
Barkcloth , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 231 x 178.5 x 0.1 cm (90 3/16 x 69 5/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
83961; 25.PEABODY-H
Credit Line
Gift of Wiiliam McM. Woodworth, 1911
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1896-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 85-7-70/37624 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 14-23-70/85657 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
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Samoa
| |
| 77-37-70/11692 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
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| |
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Tapa
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 94-10-70/48374 | Kapa |
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|
Hawaii County
| |
| 94-10-70/48375 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County
| |
| 80-24-70/23087.2 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
|