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Tapa cloth mats
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Tapa cloth mats

Artist
Date20th c.
MediumPlant fiber
ClassificationsMaterials
Credit LineBequest of Agnes Hulburd Conger
Object number1981.9.421
DescriptionA bundle of 7 tapa cloth mats, hand-painted in geometric designs of sepia brown and blue. Handwritten note attached says, "blue color used from 1931-1940,". The bundle is tied together with a "ribbon" of plant leaf fiber dyed red.
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Collections
Bark cloth, or tapa
SANDWICH ISLANDER
1892-93
Bark cloth, or tapa
Samoa
late 19th C.
Mat
India
19th-20th c.
Mat
India
19th-20th c.
Mat
India
19th-20th c.
Mat
India
19th-20th c.
Basket
Luiseno (S. California)
Late 19th century
Bark cloth, or tapa
SANDWICH ISLANDER
1892-93, if Ormsbee