Tapa cloth

Museum number:
11-45511
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Accession number:
Acc.4726
Description:
large tapa cloth decorated with black and brown geometric pattern over all. fringed on 1 long edge. ends finished with zigzag pattern interspersed with small sections (4 cm) of short fringe and ties of decorative band cut in progressive diamond shapes. 1 long edge is unfinished.
Donor:
William Scherer
Collection place:
Tonga
Culture or time period:
Tongan
Collector:
William Scherer
Collection date:
1943-1944
Materials:
Ink and Tapa (bark cloth)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Accession date:
December 20, 2001
Context of use:
household
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 387 centimeters, fringe— length 11 centimeters, and width 92 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-45511, described as large tapa cloth decorated with black and brown geometric pattern over all. fringed on 1 long edge. ends finished with zigzag pattern interspersed with small sections (4 cm) of short fringe and ties of decorative band cut in progressive diamond shapes. 1 long edge is unfinished.

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