Tongan
Tapa Cloth
Tongan, 1933-1966
Scroll
Tongan
Tapa Cloth
Tongan, 1933-1966
Physical Qualities
Bark, pigments, W. 92 1/8 x L. 153 1/8 in. (234 x 389 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. John Money, Baltimore
Object Number
1999.758
Birds and numbers at each unpainted end; patterned strips: royal crest, birds, Norfolk Island pines, lions, text, lions, Norfolk Island pines, birds, royal crests.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1993; Dr John Money
Inscribed: Numbers at one end: 2, 6; 1, 5; 7, 4; 6, 3; 5, 2; Numbers at other end: 2, 1, 7, 6, 5. Text within royal crest: MOTOGAKOTTOKU KOE OTUA TOFIA. Text within central strip: KOE HALAPAINI, OVAHAAKOLOV.
