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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0137 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | New Caledonia | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Uvea | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Wallis | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Paper mulberry bark; Native and aniline dyes | |
| Description | Elongated, rectangular tapa cloth, possibly a lafi, a bandolier worn by men, made from strips of paper mulberry bark that have been beaten into thin sheets which are then overlapped to form a larger cloth; Design field is divided into series of horizontal bands at each end covering approximately 1/4 of the field, with the central area left open; End bands are decorated with various motifs, including stars, plants, and checkerboard designs, all painted in colors of dark blue, purple, and turquoise blue black; Similar motifs are repeated in central field, but more sparsely; Solid black border frames cloth on all four sides; Ends of cloth have been cut to form series of wide triangular fringes that are painted with black border designs. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 55.5, Length = 244.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0138 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Western Polynesia | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 186.0, Length = 215.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0139 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Western Polynesia | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 115.0, Length = 198.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1984-0008-0140 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Samoan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Samoa | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 95.0, Length = 152.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0141 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Western or Central Polynesia | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 33.0, Length = 232.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0142 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Samoan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Samoa | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 118.0, Length = 137.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0143 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Samoan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Samoa | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | Large rectangular tapa cloth made from strips of mulberry bark that have been beaten into thin sheets that are overlapped to form a larger cloth, which is then painted overall with designs and cut into smaller sections such as this example; Design field is divided into 5 narrow columns of rectangular blocks alternating with 4 wide columns of 6 rectangular blocks; Blocks in end and center narrow columns are alternately brown or black, while the blocks in remaining two narrow columns are all painted with single black diamond shapes, forming the trunks of palm trees (?), whose leaves are depicted in the flanking columns of wider blocks, also including a coconut (?) in alternating blocks; Wide band along two ends of the cloth are undecorated except for series of wide and widely spaced brown diagonal lines, and the numbers "6" through "10" along one end, indicating the measurements from the original large cloth from which this example was cut. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 252.0, Length = ca. 208.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0144 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Tongan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Tonga | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 416.0, Length = ca. 448.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0145 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Cloth (lava lava) | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Tubuai (Austral) Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Rapa | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Probably cotton; Aniline dye | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 104.0, Length = ca. 184.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0146 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Cloth (lava lava) | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Tubuai (Austral) Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Rapa | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Probably cotton; Aniline dye | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 99.0, Length = ca. 170.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0147 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Skirt | |
| Culture | Melanesian: ni-Vanuatu | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Vanuatu (New Hebrides) | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Malampa | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Ambrym | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Plant fiber | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 62.4, Length = 37.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1984-0008-0149A-C |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Dress | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Tahitian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Society Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Grass; Seeds | |
| Description | Ceremonial dance dress worn by men. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 31.0, Thickness = 4.9, Length = 131.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0150 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Head ornament | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Tahitian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Society Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Tahiti | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Pape'ete | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Grass | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = ca. 17.0, Max Diam = ca. 14.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0151 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Dress | |
| Culture | Melanesian: ni-Vanuatu | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Vanuatu (New Hebrides) | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Malampa | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Malakula | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1926 | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Pandanus fiber; Native dye | |
| Description | Rectangular textile (identified by collector as girl's dress), woven in two bands that are fastened together down center; Both bands are woven almost entirely in 1/1 plain plaiting except for several rows woven in 3/1 along sides and several zigzag designs woven in 2/1 near each end; small band along one end is also woven in openwork pattern; Fibers along one side and along both ends are shredded an extend as short fringe; Entire textile is dyed deep purple-red except for several paired parallel lines and two bands of stacked chevrons, all of which are resist dyed and are oriented parallel to short axis of textile. (See CAS 1984-0008-0264A for a belt that may have been part of this skirt originally.) | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 26.0, Thickness = 0.2, Length = ca. 92.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0152 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Skirt | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Milne Bay Province: Massim District | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Grass | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 25.5, Length = 32.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0153 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Skirt | |
| Culture | Melanesian or Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Melanesia or Polynesia | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Grass | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 13.7, Length = 40.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0154 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Skirt | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Grass | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 21.3, Length = 62.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0155 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Skirt | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Tahitian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Society Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Grass | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 28.0, Length = 85.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0156 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Skirt | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Tahitian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Society Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Grass | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 27.4, Length = 69.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0157 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Mat | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Samoan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Samoa | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Pandanus | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 13.5, Length = 87.0 | |
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