Tongan
Tapa Cloth
Tongan, Mid-20th century
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Tongan
Tapa Cloth
Tongan, Mid-20th century
Physical Qualities
Bark cloth, pigment, 14 1/4 x 18 in. (36.2 x 45.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edwin Davis, Columbia, South Carolina, through transfer from the McKissick Museum of the University of South Carolina, as a gift to The Baltimore Museum of Art
Object Number
1994.194
Possibly purchased for educational collection at McKissick Museum.
Inscribed: VERSO: (stamped) 'Extra Fine', 'Museum Quality/ Polynesian Tapa/ Made in Tonga'