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Tapa (bark cloth)

late 19th–mid 20th century
Object PlaceFiji
Medium/TechniqueBark cloth, pigment
DimensionsOverall: 4 x 6 ft. (48 x 72 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.246
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceAbout 1994, sold from a private collection, California, to David F. Rosenthal Arts, San Francisco; February 2, 2004, sold by Rosenthal to William Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
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