Tongan Tapa Ceremonial Robe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Dec 1989
name: label: Collector
content: Ray Harshman
label: Donor Name
content: Sonia Levine
notes: label: Notes
content: Large rectangular bark cloth, painted overall with dark geometric and floral designs over lighter brown background. One lengthwise edge retains original white color, bearing painted numbers "36", "37", "38", and "39". Good condition, some tears. Note from the collector claims that it was to be worn to weddings by the headman, who gives the bride away.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: 378669
label: USNM Number
content: E424691-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Robe
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 242 cm
label: Width
content: 212 cm