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Tapa Cloth

New Britain, 1900-1932

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New Britain

Tapa Cloth

New Britain, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Bark, pigments, 44 5/8 x 21 3/8 in. (113.4 x 54.3 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.32
Rectangular and zig-zag designs Black, possibly brown and red pigments
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art". Baltimore Museum of Art. 1956 pg 23. cat no. 32.
Hermkens, Anna-Karina. Engendering Objects: Dynamics of Barkcloth and Gender Among the Maisin of Papua New Guinea. Sidestone Press, 2013.

Balai, Sana, Judith Ryan, Drusilla Modjeska, and Alban Sare. Wisdom of the Mountain: Art of the Ömie. National Gallery of Victoria, 2009.

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New Britain

2000–2000

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