Tongan
Tapa Cloth
Tongan, Mid-20th century
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Tongan
Tapa Cloth
Tongan, Mid-20th century
Physical Qualities
Bark, pigment, 140 9/16 x 110 1/16 in. (357 x 279.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. John Money, Baltimore
Object Number
1999.759
Inscribed: Rows 1, 8: lower edge: VAKO FEOFA AKI; upper edge: FUUFAKOO FATOKOTAHA, KOESISISIALEO repeated. Rows 2, 7: SEI-SIALE within diagonal blocks, repeated. Rows 3, 6: KIMAIAHAN BALEE, TIALA-LEMANI repeated. Rows 4,5: no text.
