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Tapa Cloth Fragment (Samoa)

This is a Tapa cloth fragment. We acquired it in 1937. Its medium is beaten mulberry bark. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by Marian Pendleton Drew. It is credited Gift of Marian Pendleton Drew.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 6.4 × 2.9 cm (2 1/2 × 1 1/8 in.)

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Tapa Cloth Fragment (Samoa); beaten mulberry bark; H x W: 6.4 × 2.9 cm (2 1/2 × 1 1/8 in.); Gift of Marian Pendleton Drew; 1937-72-1

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