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Tapa Cloth

Possibly Aboriginal Australian

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Caption

Possibly Aboriginal Australian. Tapa Cloth, 20th century. Bark cloth, pigment, with mount: 27 1/16 × 15 15/16 in. (68.8 × 40.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Adolph and Esther D. Gottlieb Collection, 1989.51.61.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Tapa Cloth

Date

20th century

Geography

Place made: Australia

Medium

Bark cloth, pigment

Classification

Textile

Dimensions

with mount: 27 1/16 × 15 15/16 in. (68.8 × 40.5 cm)

Credit Line

The Adolph and Esther D. Gottlieb Collection

Accession Number

1989.51.61

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Artists and makers

Aboriginal Australian

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