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Sandwich Islands

Textile fragment, 1800s

Description

Maker

Unknown

Title

Textile fragment

Year

1800s

Medium

Beaten and fermented bark fiber, stamping and freehand painting

Materials/Techniques

Materials

bark

Techniques

Dimensions

Length: 53.3 cm (21 inches)

Place

Sandwich Islands

Type

Textiles

Credit

Gift of Lillian M. Potter

Object Number

92.002

Exhibition History

Cloth Without Weaving

November 1, 2000 - February 18, 2001

Circles appear rarely in tapa patterning. Here the hand-painted circular outline is filled with stamped red and blue V-shaped marks, which divide the circle into quarters. In comparison to other Pacific islands, Hawaii utilized a broader spectrum of colors in their tapa: blue paint from crushed berries was unique to Hawaii.

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