Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1997-0002-0001 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Tongan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Tonga | |
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1992 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Vegetal dyes | |
| Description | Extremely large rectangular tapa cloth made from numerous overlapping sheets of tapa; Wide border of rectangular blocks frames 3 edges of cloth, each block painted with large X-motif and alternate blocks along long sides marked with measurements "2, 4, 6, 8, 16, 20, 22, and 24"; Central field of cloth is divided into 68 rectangular blocks, alternately decorated with butterfly motif or column of 3 diamond shapes; Vine motif extends down center of cloth. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 113.2, Length = 400.0 | |