bark cloth
human history
.1 Divided into squared grid, alternate square kupesi rubbed with freehand overpainting, other squares left natural colour with central, freehand motif.
.2 'Undecorated' strip usually found on side edges of Tongan barkcloth.
Accession number: 2004.15.1 Last Update: 17 Oct 2025
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- Te reo Name
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ngatu (Tongan)
tapa (Tongan)
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- Accession Number
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2004.15.1
- Accession Date
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09 Feb 2004
- Other Id
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56095.1 (ethnology)
56095.2 (ethnology)
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