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Tiputa (tunic) from Niue
1840/1860
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
Tiputa. Decorated tiputa (poncho) made of barkcloth. Made from a single piece of barkcloth, folded over, a neck hole cut and hemmed, and the edges cut in serrated fringes. Painted with reddish-brown vegetable dye with lines of plant and geometric forms meeting in the middle of the front and back panels.
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- Title: Tiputa (tunic) from Niue
- Date Created: 1840/1860
- Physical Dimensions: Length: 109 centimetres Width: 79 centimetres (body) Width: 65 centimetres (left-hand fringing) Width: 53 centimetres (right-hand fringing)
- Provenance: Purchased from Rev Thomas Powell
- Production place: Niue
- Copyright: © The Trustees of The British Museum
- British Museum link: Oc.4252
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