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Object Number
12-35-70/84187
Display Title
Tapa cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa cloth. Siapo tasina.
Rectangular bark cloth (overlapped joins). Overall design, rubbed over a design tablet (squares and rectangles filled with floral or linear motifs) with minimal overpainting (lines, crosses and several random circles) in a brown-black resinous paint.
Inventory Description
Tapa cloth, rectangular, painted black grid with linear, geometric designs
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
American Samoa
/
Tutuila Island
Materials
Bark, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 140 x 180 cm (55 1/8 x 70 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Dr. H.F. Lawrence
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Lombard C. Jones
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 43-32-70/2249 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Pago Pago
| |
| 999-18-70/5841 | Barkcloth, tapa cloth, Samoan siapo |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 17-48-70/D791 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 999-18-70/5833 | Barkcloth, tapa cloth, Samoan siapo |
Tapa
|
Oceania
| |
| 36-45-70/336 | Piece of brown tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 92-4-70/48378.2 | Tapa cloth sash of King's daughter |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 92-4-70/48378.3 | Tapa cloth sash of King's daughter |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 2000.16.1 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Tonga?
Samoa? | |
| 48-56-70/3125 | Tapa cloth with brown and black geometric designs |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 00-8-70/55346 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Eua Island
| |
| 37-50-70/617 | Large piece of tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa?
|