Kapa fragment, white with embossed criss-crossing lines that create translucent diamond shapes. Kapa is the Hawaiian term for tapa, a cloth made from the inner bark of certain trees and widely used in the Pacific for clothing and bedding, as well as other secular, sacred, and ceremonial uses.
Maker:
unknown
Material:
tapa (bark cloth)
GUSN:
270859
Accession Number:
2006.44.3631