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Photo by Kate Macuen
Tapa Cloth
Photo by Kate Macuen
Photo by Kate Macuen
DepartmentOceania

Tapa Cloth

NameTapa Cloth
CultureTonga
Place madeTonga / Kingdom of Tonga, Oceania
Mediumbark
Dimensionsoverall: 1 M 22 CM X 1 M 58 CM
Object numberFA.1971.42.2
DescriptionBasic design squares and rerctangles, filled with leaf pattern. Colors medium and dark brown stain on natural fibre.
Photo by Kate Macuen
20th century
Wool-on-wool Colcha Embroidery
Artist not recorded
1750 - 1825
Carrying Cloth
Artist not recorded
Jillāyeh, Jubbeh, or Durrā'a
Artist not recorded
ca. 1860
Piu piu
Collected in the 1830's
Cover
Artist not recorded
1950-1970
Attush robe
Unrecorded Ainu artist
late 19th to early 20th century
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