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Polynesian, Tonga

bark cloth, mid 1800s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Polynesian

Title

bark cloth

Year

mid 1800s

Medium

tapa

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • tapa cloth,
  • tapa

Dimensions

203.2 cm (80 inches) (length)

Place

Tonga

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of Mr. Stephen A. McClellan

Object Number

64.122.1

Projects & Publications

Publications

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is bark cloth with the accession number of 64.122.1. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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