Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2018-0003-0010 | |
| 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 | |
| Description | Rectangular tapa cloth cut from larger cloth and made from breadfruit bark that has been beaten flat; Tapa is completely undecorated and undyed. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 100.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = ca. 141.0 | |