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 4 SQUARES. DESIGNS ARRANGEMENT REPEATED, SO THAT 2 SIDES OF TAPA MIRROR ONE ANOTHER. MOVING FROM THE OUTSIDE BAND INWARD, THE BANDS ARE AS FOLLOWS: (1) UNDYED TAPA W/ SMALL CHEVRON PATTERN ON SIDES. 2OF 4 SQUARES IN BAND HAVE THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS WRITTEN ON THEM, 24 AND 26; (2) TAPA DYED BROWN W/ DENSE VEGETATION DESIGN DECORATING EACH SQUARE; (3) WIDE AND LARGEST BAND, CENTER OF WHICH HAS A QUADRILATERAL W/ TRIANGULAR DESIGNS WITHIN. THE DESIGN ALTERNATES W/ A SQUARE W/ 3 TRIANGLES INSIDE. BAND (2) IS REPEATED AS THE MIDDLE BAND OF THE TAPA AND THEN BANDS (3-1) FOLLOW. 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: E428790-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 433 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 190 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 15 cm