Tapa

Unidentified Samoan maker

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collected 1838-1842

Bark, freehand painted and rubbed

Overall: 31 7/8 × 18 7/8 in. (81 × 48 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired in an exchange from the Smithsonian Institution

13.2.614

Geography

Place Made: Samoa, Polynesia, Oceania

Place Made: Western Samoa, Polynesia, Oceania

Period

19th century

Object Name

Textile: Tapa

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Course History

Studio Art 77.01, Senior Seminar II, Karol Kawiaka, Spring 2023

Studio Art 77.02, Senior Seminar II, Jen Caine, Spring 2023

Provenance

Collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition (Peale no.1017),1838-1842; transferred by order of the United States Congress to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.(no. 2983), 1857; acquired by the Dartmouth College Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, in an exchange, 1880's; catalogued, 1913.

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