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Tapa cloth fragment
Tapa cloth fragment
Datebefore 1927
MediumPaper mulberry tree bark
DimensionsOverall: 22.9 x 14 cm (9 x 5 1/2 in.) Frame: 43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation
Object numberS2024.5.2
Not on view
DescriptionUsed for mats and loin cloths.
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Additional Details

Alternate Titles Bark cloth
Siapo
Provenance The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection
Markings Verso, lower left (black ink stamp): "EX NIBLACK COLLECTION"
Inscribed Verso, top left corner (adhesive label): "2. TAPA CLOTH. / PACIFIC ISLES (Samoa). / Made from the bark of the paper mulberry tree. / Used for mats and loin cloths by natives."
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