Tapa Dress
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: SEVERAL PIECES OF TAPA MACHINE-STITCHED W/ WHITE AND BROWN THREAD. DRESS IS PULLED OVER THE HEAD AND HAS OPEN SIDES WHICH TIE AT THE SIDES. DRESS SHAPED LIKEA "MOTHER HUBBARD" DRESS BROUGHT TO THE PACIFIC BY MISSIONARIES. FRONT AND BACK OF DRESS DARKENED TAPA W/ DARK LINES DECORATING IT. ALONG EDGES AND AROUND NECKIS WOVEN A BROWN TAPA FRINGE. STITCHING IS VISIBLE RUNNING DOWN FRONT OF THE DRESS IS PLAIN TAPA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Uvea Island, Wallis Islands, Wallis and Futuna, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416133
label: USNM Number
content: E428891-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 102 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 67 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3 cm