Place MadePolynesia
DateCirca 1820-1825
Mediumfiber
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.4087.2
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionTwo pieces of tapa cloth probably from Samoa or Fiji (.1-.2). .2: the other piece is irregularly shaped and decorated with brown and black geometric patterns.ProvenanceSouvenir of David A. Blair, ship FALCON of Nantucket (2 voyages, 1820-25, both under Capt. Benj. C. Chase) shipwrecked 1825, returned home in "[?]CHILI" of Nantucket, F. H. Barnard, 1826.
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