ID: 700001829 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001829	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Kapa (tapa) (ceremonial object; Unknown, 18th century; 1770s; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; FE001475/4)

Note: This piece of Hawaiian kapa (Hawaiian barkcloth), with three other similar pieces, are part of a small but important group of Pacific textiles presented to the Dominion Museum (Te Papa's predecessor) by the trustees of Alexander Turnbull's estate after his death. A note in the museum's register at the time indicates that at least some of these textiles were collected during the Pacific voyages of eighteenth-century English explorer James Cook. However, the Cook provenance is so far unproven.

Titles:

Kapa (tapa) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

ceremonial object [300234117] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by function>)

textile (visual works) [300014063]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

textiles (preferred)

Creation Date: 1770s

Creator Display:

Unknown, 18th century [preferred,VP]

weaver unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Current: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: FE001475/4

Credit Line: Gift of the Trustees of the Turnbull Estate, 1918

Display Materials: bark cloth

	bark cloth [300048116]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>)

	plant fiber [300014031]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, fiber, natural fiber)

	sewing (needleworking technique) [300053658]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, textile processes and techniques, <textile working processes and techniques>, <needleworking and needleworking techniques>, needleworking (process))

	painting (image-making) [300054216]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>)

Dimensions: Overall 1290 (Length) x 645 (Width) mm

Cultures:

Hawaiian (preferred)

General Subject:

ceremonial objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	tapa (bark cloth) [300072237]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>, bark cloth) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Kapa (tapa)	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=235861
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Subject: ....... [VP,TePapa]

....................... Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=235861