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Lape

human history
  • Other Name

    Woven game cube (English)

  • Description

    Lape. This lape is used in a Tokelauan game. It woven in single check from lau fala (pandanus) strips of a natural colour to create a cube form. The form is weighted on the inside. According to the label attached, this lape was procured in Tokelau from Lise.

  • Place
    Fakaofo/Tokelau Islands/Polynesia/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1970.208
  • Accession Date
    1970
  • Other Id

    43884 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

fibre, cube, 1970.208, 43884, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • fibre, cube, 1970.208, 43884, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • fibre, cube, 1970.208, 43884, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • fibre, cube, 1970.208, 43884, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • fibre, cube, 1970.208, 43884, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • fibre, cube 43884, Cultural Permissions Apply

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