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Catalog Number |
CAS 2018-0003-0008 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
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| Maker's Name | unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1990 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Breadfruit fiber; Native dyes | |
| Description | Elongated rectangular tapa cloth, made from made from breadfruit bark that has been beaten flat and cut down to size; Design field is divided into six rectangular blocks, with the first and last block (border?) undecorated; Each of the six design blocks exhibit a similar pattern of thick, brown pigmented lines creating a continuous, abstract pattern; Each motif block is bordered on either lateral side by a much thicker brown pigmented line. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 43.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = ca. 260.0 | |