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Object Number
71-8-70/2899.1
Display Title
Undecorated brown-toned tapa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tapa or Kapa
Object Description
Kapa. A finely beaten, thin, crisp, kapa cloth of medium reddish-brown and lighter tan beaten inner bark fibers with beater markings. The fibers may be a combination of mamaki (Pipturus albidus) and paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera). Additional notes under conservation.
Inventory Description
Tapa, folded bundle, buff with brown pigmented linear and zigzag design
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Tapa, Beaten inner bark fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 38 x 26.8 x 2.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 9/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
71-8-70/2899.1; 2899.
Provenance
Provenance
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
(1871)
Collector
Unknown
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85-7-70/37625 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 67-9-70/120 | Fine tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-9-70/122 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 98-8-70/51691 | White tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Fiji
| |
| 92-4-70/48376 | Strip of tapa |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 90-17-70/48435.7 | Decorated tapa fragment |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48433.3 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 90-17-70/48434.1 | Man's loincloth |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-10-70/324 | Barkcloth |
Tapa
|
Hawaii
| |
| 99-1-70/52212 | Tapa cloth, white |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County?
| |
| 56-41-70/3801 | Piece of white tapa (9' 6" x 13' 5") |
Tapa
|
Society Islands
Tahiti | |
| 94-10-70/48375 | Kapa |
Tapa
|
Hawaii County
|