Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1989-0006-0003 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Kapa fragment | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early to mid 1800s | |
| Collection Name | Ostheimer Collection (Hawaiian) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark | |
| Description | Large rectangular fragment of kapa, made by beating strip of bark into very thin sheet and then overlapping the sheets to form a larger sheet; Extant fragment is a pale tan color overall and bears a watermark pattern of an all over network of small diamonds with a dot in the center of each diamond, known as "maka upena" or "eyes in the net", referring to a fishing net so filled with fish that the fishes' eyes are pressed against the net; Watermark pattern is pink, possibly derived from "ohelo berry"; Fragment has been cut along all four edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 26.0, Length = 29.8 | |