Bark cloth, or tapa

Bark cloth, or tapa

Bark cloth, or tapa

Artist: SANDWICH ISLANDER
Date: 1892-93
Medium: Paper mulberry bark
Classification: Materials
Credit Line: Ormsbee Collection
Object number: 1994.17.53
DescriptionPiece of a rubbed tapa (brown) with a dark brown hand painted border. Part rubbed on mat(?). Part rubbed on tablet with alternating square of stripes with boxes containing leaf motif.
Note: Written on object: "Sandwich Islands"
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