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Hawaiian. <em>Tapa (Kapa)</em>, mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_view01.jpg)
Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_view01.jpg)
Hawaiian. <em>Tapa (Kapa)</em>, mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_view01.jpg)

Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_view01.jpg)

Hawaiian. <em>Tapa (Kapa)</em>, mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.14.23.jpg)

Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.14.23.jpg)

Hawaiian. <em>Tapa (Kapa)</em>, mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.14.23_view1.jpg)

Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.14.23_view1.jpg)

Hawaiian. <em>Tapa (Kapa)</em>, mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_detail05.jpg)

Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_detail05.jpg)

Hawaiian. <em>Tapa (Kapa)</em>, mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_detail04.jpg)

Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_detail04.jpg)

Hawaiian. <em>Tapa (Kapa)</em>, mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_detail03.jpg)

Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_detail03.jpg)

Hawaiian. <em>Tapa (Kapa)</em>, mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_detail06.jpg)

Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_detail06.jpg)

Hawaiian. <em>Tapa (Kapa)</em>, mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_view02.jpg)

Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_view02.jpg)

Hawaiian. <em>Tapa (Kapa)</em>, mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_back01.jpg)

Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_back01.jpg)

Hawaiian. <em>Tapa (Kapa)</em>, mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_detail01.jpg)

Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_detail01.jpg)

Hawaiian. <em>Tapa (Kapa)</em>, mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_detail02.jpg)

Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_detail02.jpg)

Hawaiian. <em>Tapa (Kapa)</em>, mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.14.23_view2.jpg)

Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.14.23_view2.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 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 14.23
    CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Woman''s tapa garment (pa'u or kapa moe), three thicknesses sewed at top; rows of small black dotted circles stamped on gray/green ground alternate with others on rust orange ground, forming eight stripes.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Hawaiian. Tapa (Kapa), mid 19th–early 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 255 1/8 × 40 3/16 in. (648 × 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 14.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.14.23_view01.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.14.23_view01.jpg., 2018
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