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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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