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Object Number
15-39-70/86663
Display Title
Tapa cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa cloth, white known as masi vulvula with vakadrau ('leaf-like fringe) decoration and finely cut side fringes. Small triangular 'pulled over' areas appear throughout the cloth as decorative convention to cover branch holes and for design. Additional notes under conservation.
Inventory Description
Tapa, rectangle, fine fringed edges, fringe decorationon on body, thin, buff, st
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Additional Geographic Terms
Polynesia?
Dimensions
Overall: 505 x 59 cm (198 13/16 x 23 1/4 in.)
Quantity
50+
Label on object
86663
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-2-70/83940 | Thin white tapacloth, Masi |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 11-2-70/83939 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 36-45-70/335 | Long piece of black and white tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 98-8-70/51702.1 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
|
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for Smoke-toned tapa
| 36-45-70/337.2 | Smoke-toned tapa | |||
| 14-29-70/85717 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 98-8-70/51701 | Decorated tapa |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 92-4-70/48378.2 | Tapa cloth sash of King's daughter |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 32-62-70/D4113 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 91-6-70/50769.5 | Tapa sash, Fijian masi |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 91-6-70/50769.3 | Tapa sash, Fijian masi |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 67-9-70/120 | Fine tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
|