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Object Number 85-7-70/37610
Display Title Tapa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tapa or Kapa
Object Description Tapa cloth, large sheets
Inventory Description Tapa cloth, rectangular, wide black and brown painted stripes
Classification
  • Tapa
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1885
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 210 x 242 x 1 cm (82 11/16 x 95 1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)

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