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'ahu (tapa / barkcloth)

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Name'ahu (tapa / barkcloth)

ProductionSociety Islands

Classificationtextiles

Materialstapa, bark cloth

Materials Summary barkcloth, tapa (Broussonetia papyrifera)

DimensionsOverall: 300mm (width), 920mm (length)

Registration NumberFE001473

Credit lineGift of the Trustees of the Turnbull Estate, 1918

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Category

Made of: tapa
bark cloth
Type of: textiles
Influenced by: beating
Polynesian
Tahitian

Place

Made in: Society Islands (Polynésie française)
Influenced by: Society Islands (Polynésie française)

People & Organisations

Belonged to: Alexander Turnbull