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Object Number
80-24-70/23089
Display Title
Partially beaten tapa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tapa or Kapa
Object Description
Short cut length of off-white inner bark fibers showing a stage in the beating process.
Inventory Description
Tapa in process, buff pulled vegetable fiber, numerous holes
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Tapa, Inner bark fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 70 x 23 cm (27 9/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
80-24-70/23089
Provenance
Donor
Boston Society of Natural History
(1880)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80-24-70/23089.1 | Partially beaten tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 99-15-70/53889.4 | Lau'a, tapa in process of manufacture |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-15-70/53889.3 | Tapa in the process of manufacture |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-15-70/53889.1 | Lau'a, tapa in process of manufacture |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 999-18-70/5782 | Unprocessed barkcloth fibers |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/120 | Fine tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 99-15-70/53889.2 | Lau'a, tapa in process of manufacture |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 90-17-70/48433.3 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/122 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 32-62-70/D4113 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 99-15-70/53890 | Piece of unfinished tapa |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 80-24-70/23087.2 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
|