Tapa with Stenciled Design
Unidentified Fijian maker
collected 1968
Bark, stencil and black and red paint
Overall: 19 11/16 × 13 3/4 in. (50 × 35 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
168.80.24415
Geography
Place Made: Lau Islands, Fiji, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Textile: Tapa
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 57, Origins of Inequality, Alan Covey, Winter 2013
ANTH 57, Origins of Inequality, Alan Covey, Winter 2013
Exhibition History
Objects and Power: Manifestations of Inequality, a student curated exhibition, Professor Alan Covey, ANTH 57, Winter 2013, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 10-August 25, 2013.
Polynesian Tapa: Decorated Barkcloth from Tonga and Samoa, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Robert Welsch, Anthropology 38, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 23-November 28, 2004.
Provenance
Collected by E. Fred Schroeder, Jr., Rockey River, Ohio (Dartmouth Class of 1967), in Fiji, Summer 1968; sold to present collection, 1968.
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