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Halmahera. <em>Tapa Cloth</em>. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X399_view1.jpg)
Halmahera. Tapa Cloth. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X399_view1.jpg)
Halmahera. <em>Tapa Cloth</em>. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X399_view1.jpg)

Halmahera. Tapa Cloth. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X399_view1.jpg)

Halmahera. <em>Tapa Cloth</em>. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.X399_detail01.jpg)

Halmahera. Tapa Cloth. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.X399_detail01.jpg)

Halmahera. <em>Tapa Cloth</em>. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.X399_detail02.jpg)

Halmahera. Tapa Cloth. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.X399_detail02.jpg)

Halmahera. <em>Tapa Cloth</em>. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.X399_detail03.jpg)

Halmahera. Tapa Cloth. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.X399_detail03.jpg)

Halmahera. <em>Tapa Cloth</em>. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.X399_detail04.jpg)

Halmahera. Tapa Cloth. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.X399_detail04.jpg)

Halmahera. <em>Tapa Cloth</em>. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.X399_folded.jpg)

Halmahera. Tapa Cloth. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.X399_folded.jpg)

Halmahera. <em>Tapa Cloth</em>. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.X399_number.jpg)

Halmahera. Tapa Cloth. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.X399_number.jpg)

Halmahera. <em>Tapa Cloth</em>. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X399_view2.jpg)

Halmahera. Tapa Cloth. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X399_view2.jpg)

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Tapa Cloth

Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURE Halmahera
MEDIUM Bark cloth, pigment
  • Reportedly From: Indonesia
    • DIMENSIONS 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
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    ACCESSION NUMBER X399
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    Halmahera. <em>Tapa Cloth</em>. Bark cloth, pigment, 26 3/8 × 50 13/16 in. (67 × 129 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X399. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.X399_view1.jpg)
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