bark cloth

human history

large sheet of tapa cloth with patterns of royal insignia applied from rubbing board then overpainted.

"KALAUNI O E KUINI"; "OTUA MO TOGA KO HOKU TOFIA";"KOE LOU MAILE";

"KOE KAHOA FAKATUI"

Accession number: 1942.15 Last Update: 20 Aug 2021
Other Name

ngatu (Tongan)

Place
Tonga/Pacific
Accession Number

1942.15

Other Id

26427 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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