Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0287-0004 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth dress | |
| Culture | Micronesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | South Pacific | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1860-1874 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Native cordage; Dyes | |
| Description | Woman's dress made from single piece of tapa cloth folded in half along shoulder and sewn along both sides; Openings for arms left at top and neck slit made at top center; Band of dark brown stitching across shoulder, just below neckline, and along hem; Front and back are decorated with repetitive hand-painted design in golden brown outlined in dark brown. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 78.0 , Thickness = 0.2, Length = ca. 97.0 | |