Tapa cloth

Museum number:
11-38389
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Accession number:
Acc.2211
Description:
Tapa cloth book dust-cover; black triangle and red geometric designs on white background; cloth reinforced backing
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley
Collection place:
Samoa
Culture or time period:
Samoan
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Materials:
Tapa (bark cloth)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
width 28.3 centimeters and length 42.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-38389, described as Tapa cloth book dust-cover; black triangle and red geometric designs on white background; cloth reinforced backingHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-38389, described as Tapa cloth book dust-cover; black triangle and red geometric designs on white background; cloth reinforced backing

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