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Poncho (Tiputa)

Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURE Niuean
MEDIUM Barkcloth, pigment
  • Possible Place Made: Niue
  • DATES late 19th century
    DIMENSIONS 18 7/8 x 31 1/2 in. (48 x 80 cm) fragment: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS Front: “Patu ma Latalo nae na_kai kia manatai mai ekoe / mautolu ne ne tao_lia leoe ma Latao n(m?)ae” Back: “Patu nae toe talia ni etalu(Etafu?) ti Ofi ifo ai a / fi me ki Alofi ma Patu nae me ?loa nako / nei ne ?loa naka(o?) / nei ne teuteri ai amautolu ki ofi ki Alofi n / nae” Fragment: "nautol(ie?)...i koe e ma(i?) nae Patu mo Latalo"
    ACCESSION NUMBER 35.2237
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Appleton Sturgis
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Niuean. Poncho (Tiputa), late 19th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 18 7/8 x 31 1/2 in. (48 x 80 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2237. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.2237.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.35.2237.jpg., 2017
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    Niuean. <em>Poncho (Tiputa)</em>, late 19th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 18 7/8 x 31 1/2 in. (48 x 80 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2237. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.2237.jpg)