| Catalog Number |
CAS 1989-0006-0014 |
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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, made by beating strip of bark into very thin sheet; Extant fragment is paper thin, off-white in color, and bears watermark of all over pattern of very small diamonds; Extant fragment has been cut along all four edges. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 15.0, Length = 25.0 |