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Tongan. <em>Tapa (Ngatu)</em>, late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_view01.jpg)
Tongan. Tapa (Ngatu), late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_view01.jpg)
Tongan. <em>Tapa (Ngatu)</em>, late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_view01.jpg)

Tongan. Tapa (Ngatu), late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_view01.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Tapa (Ngatu)</em>, late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.45.176_print_detail_bw.jpg)

Tongan. Tapa (Ngatu), late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.45.176_print_detail_bw.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Tapa (Ngatu)</em>, late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail01.jpg)

Tongan. Tapa (Ngatu), late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail01.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Tapa (Ngatu)</em>, late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail02.jpg)

Tongan. Tapa (Ngatu), late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail02.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Tapa (Ngatu)</em>, late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail03.jpg)

Tongan. Tapa (Ngatu), late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail03.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Tapa (Ngatu)</em>, late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail04.jpg)

Tongan. Tapa (Ngatu), late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail04.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Tapa (Ngatu)</em>, late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail05.jpg)

Tongan. Tapa (Ngatu), late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail05.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Tapa (Ngatu)</em>, late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail06.jpg)

Tongan. Tapa (Ngatu), late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail06.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Tapa (Ngatu)</em>, late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail07.jpg)

Tongan. Tapa (Ngatu), late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail07.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Tapa (Ngatu)</em>, late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail08.jpg)

Tongan. Tapa (Ngatu), late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_detail08.jpg)

Tongan. <em>Tapa (Ngatu)</em>, late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_view02.jpg)

Tongan. Tapa (Ngatu), late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_view02.jpg)

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Tapa (Ngatu)

Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURE Tongan
MEDIUM Barkcloth, pigment
  • Place Made: Tonga
    • DATES late 19th-mid 20th century
    DIMENSIONS 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 45.176
    CREDIT LINE Carll H. de Silver Fund
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Tongan. Tapa (Ngatu), late 19th-mid 20th century. Barkcloth, pigment, 56 7/8 × 75 3/8 in. (144.5 × 191.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 45.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.45.176_view01.jpg)
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