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 DESIGN IN BLACK AND PAINTED FREE-HAND. TAPA DYED BROWN. DESIGN COMPOSED OF4 UNIQUE BANDS, EACH DIVIDED INTO 4 SQUARES. DESIGNS REPEATED, SO THAT 2 SIDES OF TAPA MIRROR ONE ANOTHER. CENTER BAND IS UNIQUE. MOVING FROM OUTSIDE BAND INWARD, THE BANDS ARE AS FOLLOWS: (1) NON-DYED TAPA W/ FLOWER-PLANT MOTIF ON BORDER. EACH SQUARE HAS A DIFFERENT NUMBER WRITTEN ON IT: 35, 34, 33, AND 32; (2) REPEATED SQUARE W/ CENTRAL "MANULUA" DESIGN W/ DIAGONAL PATTERN ON EITHER SIDE; (3) DOUBLE LINE W/ 4 TRIANGLES ON 1 SIDE OF LINE, WHILE INSIDE EACH TRIANGLE A FLOWER IS PAINTED; (4) 2 ALTERNATING SQUARES, A) 3 PARALLEL BARS W/ GEOMETRIC DESIGNS INSIDE, B) SAME DESIGN BUT 1 BAR IS PERPENDICULAR TO OTHER BARS; (5) CENTRAL BAND, SQUARES W/ REPEATED GEOMETRIC AND FLOWER DESIGNS. THE REST OF THE TAPA MOVINGFROM THE INSIDE BAR OUT TO THE OTHER END IS DECORATED W/ BAND (4), (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: E428791-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 452 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 190 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 14 cm