Tapa cloth

Museum number:
11-38390
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Accession number:
Acc.2217
Description:
Tapa cloth; alternating triangles bordered on 2 sides by diamonds; designs in brown, black, and white
Donor:
Margaret Condliffe Kessler
Collection place:
Samoa
Verbatim coll. place:
Samoa
Culture or time period:
Samoan
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Materials:
Tapa (bark cloth)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1983-1984 #23: UREP (October 21, 1983–October 24, 1983)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-38390, described as Tapa cloth; alternating triangles bordered on 2 sides by diamonds; designs in brown, black, and whiteHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-38390, described as Tapa cloth; alternating triangles bordered on 2 sides by diamonds; designs in brown, black, and whiteHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-38390, described as Tapa cloth; alternating triangles bordered on 2 sides by diamonds; designs in brown, black, and white

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