Artifact Number:
 D.03798-6

Object:
Barkcloth
Tapa

Material:
 TAPA, DYE

Dimensions:
 74 x 69 cm

Origin:
 Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Comments:
 Tapa sheet (1 of 6), barkcloth. Elaborately decorated with brown, yellow and black zigzag, checkerwork, diamonds, stripes, concentric squares, chevrons, etc. Freehand geometric design. Bark flaw holes.



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