Tapa cloth

Museum number:
11-39367
Permalink:
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Object count:
1
Description:
Tapa, fringed, black, brown and light blue pigments, design with field squared off and filled with triangle patterns; probably wrapper (’afu) or bedsheet (’afu loto)
Collection place:
Utulei, 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
Dimensions:
width 71.5 centimeters and length 77 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-39367, described as Tapa, fringed, black, brown and light blue pigments, design with field squared off and filled with triangle patterns; probably wrapper (’afu) or bedsheet (’afu loto)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-39367, described as Tapa, fringed, black, brown and light blue pigments, design with field squared off and filled with triangle patterns; probably wrapper (’afu) or bedsheet (’afu loto)

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