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Tiputa (tunic) from The Society Islands
1780-1820
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
Tiputa. Poncho made of barkcloth of multiple layers with a hole for the head. Yellow background colour, with red decoration of zig zag lines and impressed patterns of fern leaves in a red colour. The reverse also has a faint pattern of leaves.
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Details
- Title: Tiputa (tunic) from The Society Islands
- Date Created: 1780-1820
- Physical Dimensions: Length: 245 centimetres Width: 118 centimetres
- Provenance: Donated by Henry Christy
- Production place: Society Islands
- Copyright: © The Trustees of The British Museum
- British Museum link: Oc.1982
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