| Catalog Number |
CAS 1989-0006-0006 |
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| Category |
Textiles |
| Object Name |
Kapa fragment |
| Culture |
Polynesian: Hawaiian |
| Global Region |
Oceania |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
Hawaii |
| County |
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| Other Geographic
Data |
Island: Hawaii; near Kawaihai |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. early to mid 1800s |
| Collection Name |
Ostheimer Collection (Hawaiian) |
| Materials |
Bark |
| Description |
Rectangular fragment of kapa that is made by beating a strip of bark into a very thin sheet; Natural color is off-white and fragment shows a watermark of an all-over network of very small diamonds, representing a fishing net; Extant fragment has been cut along three, (and possibly along all four) edges. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 13.5, Length = 25.5 |