Tapa (anga) flower of rubber tree bast (ficus elastica)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Feb 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 2004
name: label: Collector
content: Jean T. Chapman-Mason
label: Donor Name
content: Jean T. Chapman-Mason
notes: label: Notes
content: Anga flower (anga is the word for tapa in Atiu) of rubber tree bast (ficus elastica). "Stiff, dark rubber bark flower glued onto what could be a cleaned, dried hedge hibiscus stick (a small red hibiscus commonly planted as hedgerows throughout the Cook Islands)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Apr 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Atiu, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cook Islands Maori
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2069807
label: USNM Number
content: E433827-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 18 cm
label: Width
content: 13 cm
label: Height
content: 19 cm