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Object Number
14-29-70/85709
Display Title
Tapa cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa cloth. The cloth, a masi kesa, is nearly square in size (16 - 17 feet), handpainted with large geometric designs and smaller stencilled motifs. Additional object description notes under conservation.
Inventory Description
Tapa, buff with brown and dark brown geometric and floral designs, torn, rolled
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Dimensions
Overall: 498 x 556 x 0.1 cm (196 1/16 x 218 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
85709
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor
Museum of Comparative Zoology
(1914)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14-29-70/85717 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 14-29-70/85716 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 43-32-70/2249 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Pago Pago
| |
| 98-8-70/51701 | Decorated tapa |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 91-6-70/50769.4 | Sash of tapa cloth, Fijian masi |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 36-45-70/335 | Long piece of black and white tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 92-4-70/48378.2 | Tapa cloth sash of King's daughter |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 90-17-70/48435.7 | Decorated tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 14-29-70/85714 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 23-47-70/D1802 | Breech cloth of tapa |
Tapa
|
Solomon islands
| |
| 98-8-70/51703 | Large tapa curtain |
Tapa
|
Naroi
Moala | |
| 37-50-70/617 | Large piece of tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa?
|