Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1989-0006-0015 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Kapa fragment | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| 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 | Irregularly shaped fragment of kapa, made by beating strip of bark into thin sheet; Extant fragment has felt-like texture and is decorated on one face with a very broad, solid red line flanked on either side by paired black zigzag lines, and two parallel segments of a dashed line consisting of alternating red dots and black dashes; Fragment has been cut along at least two edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 6.0, Length = 7.5 | |