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| Catalog Number | CAS 1989-0006-0006 | |
| 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 | 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 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1989-0006-0007 |  |
| 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 | Nearly square fragment of kapa that is made by beating strip of bark into thin sheet; Extant fragment is dark brown in color, has a felt-like texture, and bears a deeply impressed watermark of an all over pattern of small perfectly aligned squares; Extant fragment has been cut along at least three edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 19.0, Length = 21.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1989-0006-0008 |  |
| 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 | Rectangular fragment of kapa made by beating strip of bark into a very thin sheet; Extant fragment is extremely thin and nearly transparent and is decorated all over with a series of very closely spaced, very thin, double paired parallel lines, separated by a single, heavier line, all in a rust brown color; Fragment has been cut along all four edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 17.1, Length = 17.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1989-0006-0009 |  |
| 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 | Small rectangular fragment of kapa, made by beating strip of bark into thin sheet; Extant fragment is dark brown in color and is decorated with series of widely spaced heavy dark brown parallel lines; Extant fragment appears to have been cut along all four edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 7.8, Length = 9.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1989-0006-0010 |  |
| 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 thick, felt-like texture, is medium brown in color, and is decorated with series of spaced, very wide and heavy dark brown parallel lines; Extant fragment appears to have been cut along all four edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 10.5, Length = 14.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1989-0006-0011 |  |
| 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 is tan in color and bears watermark of an all over network pattern of small diamonds, representing a fishing net; Fragment has been cut along all four edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 15.0, Length = 20.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1989-0006-0012 |  |
| 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 | Rectangular fragment of kapa, made by beating strip of bark into thin sheet; Extant fragment has felt-like texture, is dark brown overall, and bears watermarks of very closely spaced, thin parallel lines running diagonally across cloth in two directions; Fragment has been cut along all four edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 12.8, Length = 15.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1989-0006-0013 |  |
| 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 very thin sheet; Extant fragment is nearly transparent; is rust brown in overall color, and bears two watermarks: the first one showing regularly spaced heavy parallel lines and the second one showing an all over diamond network pattern with a circle inside each diamond, the latter representing a fishing net filled with fish; Fragment has been cut along at least three sides. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 19.5, Length = 23.2 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1989-0006-0014 |  |
| 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 | 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 |
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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 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1989-0006-0016 |  |
| 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 with series of elongated triangles outlined in black and cross-marked with black lines, all against a red background; Fragment has been cut along all four edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 10.0, Length = 11.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1989-0006-0017A-C |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Kapa fragments | |
| 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 | 3 irregularly shaped fragments of kapa, made by beating strips of bark into very thin sheets; All fragments are dark brown in overall color and bear the same watermark of closely spaced, very thin, paired parallel lines alternating with a negative thin zigzag line; Fragment A is also painted with wide very dark brown stripes, alternating with wider stripes of the lighter colored dark brown background; Fragments B and C are painted with narrower parallel dark brown lines spaced approx. 0.6 cm apart on the lighter dark brown background; Fragment B also has a portion of a wider dark brown stripe along one edge; Fragments B and C were originally joined together (see photo); It is unknown if Fragment A was originally part of the same cloth as Fragments B and C, as all fragments have been cut along all edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.0, Length = 22.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1989-0006-0005A-C |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Kapa fragments | |
| 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 | 3 irregularly shaped fragments from the same kapa cloth, made by beating strip of bark into thin sheet; Each fragment is a light tan natural color, decorated with widely spaced parallel bands of what appear to be small "X' motifs; Each fragment has been cut along at least one edge, while the remaining edges appear to have been torn; Fragments B and C may have originally fit together. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 7.0, Length = 9.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0458-0271 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Skirt | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Ostheimer Collection (Hawaiian) | |
| Materials | Plant fiber | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 71.0, Thickness = 0.9, Length = ca. 66.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0458-0272 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Skirt | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Ostheimer Collection (Hawaiian) | |
| Materials | Plant fiber | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 70.0, Thickness = 2.0, Length = ca. 73.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0458-0363 |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa beater | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Hawaii; Waipio Valley | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | mid 1800s to early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Ostheimer Collection (Hawaiian) | |
| Materials | Wood | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.9, Thickness = 3.9, Length = 41.7 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0458-0364 |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa beater | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | Unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Kauai; Waimea Valley | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | mid 1800s to early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Ostheimer Collection (Hawaiian) | |
| Materials | Wood | |
| Description | Elongated, rectangular, 4-sided kapa beater that is carved from a single piece of wood; Proximal end tapers gradually to form a plain, cylindrical handle; Each face of the beater is carved with a different geometric pattern; 2 faces have a pattern of small diamonds with a circle in each diamond; 1 face has a similar but slightly larger diamond and circle pattern; 4th face has pattern of rectangular cross-hatching. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.9, Thickness = 3.0, Length = 26.3 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0458-0365 |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa beater | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | Unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | mid 1800s to early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Ostheimer Collection (Hawaiian) | |
| Materials | Wood | |
| Description | Rectangular, four-sided beater with short, tapered cylindrical handle, all carved from a single piece of dense wood; Each of the four faces is carved with a geometric pattern; Three faces have pattern of very shallow and closely spaced longitudinal grooves, and one of the three has additional cross-hatching lines across its mid-section; Fourth face has pattern of 5 deep and widely spaced longitudinal grooves; When mulberry bark is processed for kapa, it is initially beaten with the side of the beater with widely spaced grooves to initially break down the fibers. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 4.6, Thickness = 4.4, Length = 44.7 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0458-0366 |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa beater | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | Unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Maui; Kipahulu | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | mid 1800s to early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Ostheimer Collection (Hawaiian) | |
| Materials | Wood | |
| Description | Kapa beater carved from single piece of dense wood; Proximal end of beater comprises a cylindrical hand that gradually expands toward midsection, where it changes to a square shape in cross-section; Each of the four sides on the distal half of the beater has been carved with a series of straight parallel lines, varying in number, size, depth, and spacing between adjacent lines; Two of the faces have deep but widely spaced carved lines; A third face has shallow but widely spaced carved lines, and the fourth face has deep but closely spaced carved lines; When bark is processed for kapa, it is first beaten with the face bearing the widely spaced lines in order to initially break down the fibers, causing the bark sheet to spread out as much as possible. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 6.8, Thickness = 6.7, Length = 43.2 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0458-0367 |  |
| Category | Textiles; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Kapa beater | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Hawaiian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Hawaii | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | mid 1800s to early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Ostheimer Collection (Hawaiian) | |
| Materials | Wood | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 5.5, Length = 35.1 |
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