Hawaiian. <em>Tapa (Kapa)</em>, mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 114 3/16 x 41 5/16 in. (290 x 105 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.19. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.14.19.jpg)

Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 114 3/16 x 41 5/16 in. (290 x 105 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.19. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.14.19.jpg)

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Tapa (Kapa)

Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURE Hawaiian

MEDIUM Barkcloth, pigment

Place Made: Hawai‘i, United States

DATES mid 19th–early 20th century

DIMENSIONS 114 3/16 x 41 5/16 in. (290 x 105 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands

ACCESSION NUMBER 14.19

CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Woman's tapa garment (pa'u); sheet of yellowish tapa with radiating designs close together in dark blood red; pink blurs or runs at edges of design

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 114 3/16 x 41 5/16 in. (290 x 105 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.19. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.14.19.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.14.19.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013

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