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Object Number 14-29-70/85714
Display Title Tapa cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Tapa cloth. Siapo vala (?), decorated by rubbing over a design tablet (wood?) See conservation report for further description.
Inventory Description Tapa, rectangular, folded, buff with brown linear and geometric designs, black e
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 200 x 53 cm (78 3/4 x 20 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85714
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor Donated by Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor Donated by Museum of Comparative Zoology

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