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 ON BROWN BACKGROUND. DESIGN IS NON-REPEATING AND HAS 6 MAIN BANDS, EACH OF WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO 2 SQUARES. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS: (1) 1 SQUARE HAS CLUSTER OF BLACK DOTS W/ DECORATIVE SASH; OTHER HAS A STAR-SHAPED FLOWER; (2) REPEATING QUADILATERAL W/ TRIANGLES ON SIDES AND CROSS ON TOP; (3) BAND OF TEXT: "KOE KAKALA'OPIL INISI-TLINGI' KO"; (4) 1 SQUARE HAS SHIELD EMBLEM IN CENTER W/ FOLLOWING ON SASHES: "BA LIB", "MATAI-TOHI" AND "O TUN[?]I"; OTHER SQUASH; (5) REPEATING BORDER OF GEOMETERIC PATTERNS; (6) NON-DYED AREA BOTH SQUARES SAME, HAVE "3 " WRITTEN ON THEM AND REPEATING DESIGN OF RIGHT TRIANGLE W/ TRIANGLE ON BORDERS W/ A LEAF DESIGN INSIDE THE TRIANGLES. ACCORDING TO ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) 428788 TO 428791 "WERE COLLECTED SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR DESIGNS - WHICH ARE LATE 20TH CENTURY VERSIONS OF TRADITIONAL DESIGNS (SPECIFICALLY "MATA HIHIFI" AND "MANULUA")."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Mar 2018
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: E428788-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 190 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 90 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 9 cm