Tapa cloth

Museum number:
11-39400
Permalink:
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Object count:
1
Description:
Tapa; black and reddish brown pigments; design with field divided into four large rectangles by decorated bands, each smaller ones with motif; example of a type exchanged or given in a malanga (tour), i.e. a visiting of villages by a group and an exchange of gifts and shells, a meeting place of chiefs, talking chiefs, etc.; probably a wrapper (’afu) or a bedsheet (’afu loto)
Collection place:
Tutuila, American Samoa
Verbatim coll. place:
Tutuila Island, American Samoa
Culture or time period:
Samoan
Materials:
Tapa (bark cloth)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-39400, described as Tapa; black and reddish brown pigments; design with field divided into four large rectangles by decorated bands, each smaller ones with motif; example of a type exchanged or given in a malanga (tour), i.e. a visiting of villages by a group and an exchange of gifts and shells, a meeting place of chiefs, talking chiefs, etc.; probably a wrapper (’afu) or a bedsheet (’afu loto)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-39400, described as Tapa; black and reddish brown pigments; design with field divided into four large rectangles by decorated bands, each smaller ones with motif; example of a type exchanged or given in a malanga (tour), i.e. a visiting of villages by a group and an exchange of gifts and shells, a meeting place of chiefs, talking chiefs, etc.; probably a wrapper (’afu) or a bedsheet (’afu loto)

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