Tapa (Ngatu)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1990's
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: RECTANGULAR PIECE OF TAPA COMPOSED OF SEVERAL LAYERS. 1 SIDE UNADORNED, OTHER SIDE HAS DESIGN IN BLACK AND PAINTED FREE-HAND. TAPA DYED BROWN. DESIGN COMPOSED OF 3 DISTINCT BANDS, EACH DIVIDED INTO 5 SQUARES. DESIGNS ARRANGEMENT REPEATED, SO THAT 2 SIDES OF TAPA MIRROR ONE ANOTHER. MOVING FROM OUTSIDE BAND INWARD, THE BANDS ARE AS FOLLOWS:(1) NON-DYED TAPA, DECORATED BORDER W/ NUMBER INSIDE EACH SQUARE. 1 SIDE HAS NUMBERS 30, 9, 8, 7, AND 6 WRITTEN, OTHER HAS 2, 1, 4, 3 AND 2; (2) 2 BANDS OF SQUARES W/ TRIANGLES INSIDE (MANULUA PATTERN). ON EITHER SIDE OF "MANULUA" PATTERN IS REPEATING STRIP OF FLOWER DESIGNS; (3) BAND OF SQUARES DIVIDED IN HALF W/ DIAGONAL LINE, 1 SIDE UNDYED W/ RIGHT TRIANGLE AND OTHER SIDE DYED BROWN W/ DECORATIVE SASH. MIDDLE OF TAPA SAME DESIGN AS (2), THEN REPEATS PATTERNS FOUND IN (3), (2) AND (1). ACCORDING TO ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) OBJECTS 428788-428791 "WERE COLLECTED SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR DESIGNS - WHICH ARE LATE 20TH CENTURY VERSIONS OF TRADITIONAL DESIGNS (SPECIFICALLY "MATA HIHIFI", AND "MANULUA")."
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Jun 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416174
label: USNM Number
content: E428789-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 392 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 238 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 22 cm