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CAS 0136-0003M | |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa marker | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
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| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Bamboo | |
| Description | Marker made from length of bamboo; Proximal end is squared off; Distal end is carved into two wide and widely spaced teeth, the ends of which are squared off. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.9, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 41.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0136-0003N |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa marker | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Bamboo | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.1, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 41.7 | |
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CAS 0136-0003O |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa marker | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Bamboo | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.1, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 45.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0136-0003P |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa marker | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Bamboo | |
| Description | Marker made from length of bamboo; Proximal end is squared off; Distal end is carved into 9 teeth, spaced into groups of three teeth each, and the distal end is cut at oblique angle so that each succeeding tooth is slightly longer than preceding one. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.9, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 31.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0136-0003Q |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa marker | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Bamboo | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.4, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 47.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0136-0003R |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa marker | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Bamboo | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.6, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 47.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0136-0003S |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa marker | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Bamboo | |
| Description | Marker made from length of bamboo whose proximal end has been tapered to a point; Distal end is carved into four very long and evenly spaced teeth of equal length. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.1, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 47.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0136-0003T |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa marker | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Bamboo | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.5, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 39.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0136-0003U |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa marker | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Bamboo | |
| Description | Marker made from length of bamboo whose proximal end has been crudely tapered; Distal end is carved into six equally spaced teeth whose ends are cut at oblique angle, so that each succeeding tooth is slightly longer than preceding one. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.2, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 33.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0136-0003V |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa marker | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Bamboo | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.4, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 35.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0144-0001 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Clothing mat | |
| Culture | Micronesian: Marshallese | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Marshall Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890-1905 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Pandanus leaves; Beach bur fibers (reddish brown); Dyed hibiscus fibers (black); Native cordage | |
| Description | Nearly square mat woven primarily of thin strips of pandanus leaves, primarily in a simple plaiting (1/1) technique; Central square area of mat is plain, framed on all four edges by a four borders; Inner border is woven of natural pandanus leaves and overstitched with unidentified dyed black fibers to form a continuous line of “Z†shapes; Second narrow border is also woven of natural pandanus leaves with overlay of unidentified dyed reddish brown fibers that form pattern of zigzags, known as the “wavy land of islands†pattern; Third and widest border is woven in diagonal plaiting technique, with natural pandanus leaves positioned in one direction and unidentified dyed dark brown fibers positioned in the opposite direction, forming parallel rows of parallelograms (with alternate rows pointing in alternate directions) and solid dark brown squares at each corner; Fourth border is identical to the second one; A fifth and final border is woven separately of very narrow plain and dyed black pandanus leaves in diagonal plaiting technique producing a pattern of interlocking diagonal lines that continues uninterrupted around rounded corners of mat; Fifth border is then attached to larger mat with strip of pandanus leaf on either face that is secured with native cordage; All designs on mat are double-faced, i.e., design and/or color is reversed from front to back of mat; Mats of this type were traditionally won as clothing by women, with one in the front and another overlapping one on the back and the two secured with a belt of some type. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 91.0, Length = ca. 91.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0144-0002 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Tongan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Tonga | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 160.0, Length = ca. 175.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0144-0003 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900-1930 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural and carded wool weft; Aniline dye (black) | |
| Description | Non-regional rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave with central design of open white terraced diamonds, each one outlined in black terraced lines, forming a network pattern, all on a carded gray background; Plain double border in white and black frames all four edges of rug. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 139.5, Length = ca. 179.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0144-0004 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Kapa skirt | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early to mid 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Mamade (Pipturus albidus) fiber, possibly; Pigments: red dirt (rust brown) and kukui nut shavings mixed with kukui oil (black) | |
| Description | Rectangular kapa cloth made from strips of mulberry bark that have been beaten very smooth and overlapped and then completely dyed yellow; Design field of cloth is bilaterally divided down the center along its long axis, with one half undecorated and the other half stamped with a series of rectangular blocks arranged in a checkerboard pattern; Each stamped block is composed of smaller geometric designs, applied by repeatedly stamping with a narrow bamboo stamp, which allowed for a change in the actual design as well as the color within a design block; There are four different designs, including the kalahale or bent knee design, a set of interlocking Vs in sets of four; Some of the blocks are completely a rust brown color, some are completely black (although largely faded to blue), and some are a combination of the two colors; This kapa cloth is a complete child’s or young woman’s wrap-around skirt, worn with the design along the bottom and the undecorated upper side folded down and over a belt; The degree to which this skirt is decorated suggests that it belonged to someone of high class. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 103.0, Length = ca. 224.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0144-0005 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Mat | |
| Culture | Micronesian: Marshallese | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Marshall Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Pandanus leaves | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 198.0, Length = ca. 234.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0144-0006 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Mat | |
| Culture | Micronesian: Marshallese | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Marshall Islands | |
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| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Pandanus leaves | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 190.5, Length = ca. 218.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0144-0007 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Mat | |
| Culture | Micronesian: Marshallese | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Marshall Islands | |
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| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Pandanus leaves | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 157.5, Length = ca. 193.0 | |
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CAS 0144-0011 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Saddle throw | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Cotton string warp; Aniline dyed Germantown wool weft | |
| Description | Fancy saddle throw woven entirely in plain tapestry weave, using multi-plied Germantown yarns over foundation of cotton string warps; Center design includes 3 rows of small concentric serrated diamonds in dark blue and green edged in red and white alternating with 2 rows of blue bars, and a large half-diamond along each side edge (each composed of multiple concentric serrated half diamonds in purple, black, and dark blue edged in red, light blue, or white); Wide composite serrated zigzag band in purple, black, dark and light blue, and white borders each end; Background color is red; Purple and black tassels are added at each corner; Red, purple, white, black, and green fringe is along lower edge, and white, blue, and green pompom tassels are on lower corners. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 82.5, Length = 63.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0144-0012 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Mat | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | South Pacific | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Plant material | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 165.0, Length = ca. 164.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0144-0013 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | South Pacific | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 203.0, Length = ca. 264.0 | |
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