Bark cloth, or tapa

Artist SANDWICH ISLANDER

Date1892-93, if Ormsbee

MediumPaper mulberry bark

ClassificationsMaterials

Credit LineOrmsbee Collection

Object number1994.17.52

DescriptionBlack tapa fragment. Solid black strips alternating with bands of small diamonds (rubbed?) that looks like netting. Brown band down one edge containing clear V's. Second brown band on opposite edge contains (two?) concentric triangles (handpainted?)
Note: Written on tapa "Sandwich Islands"

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