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New Britain

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
"The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art", January 7th-March 4th 1956, Baltimore Museum of Art
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art". Baltimore Museum of Art. 1956 pg 23. cat no. 32.

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