Tapa cloth

Museum number:

11-2576

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Accession number:

Acc.500BM

Description:

Laua tapa, siapo, of paper mulberry bark (Broussonetia papyrifera) 18.5 cm long x 78 cm wide (top) x 37 cm wide (bottom), 32.3 grams. See card 11-39357

Donor:

Mrs. May E. Hardege

Collection place:

Upolu, Samoa

Verbatim coll. place:

Samoa; Upolu

Culture or time period:

Samoan

Materials:

Tapa (bark cloth)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Textile samples

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb

Accession date:

December 1, 1933

Department:

Oceania

Loans:

S1963-1964 #51: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (November 27, 1963–January 11, 1964)

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