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ʻohe kāpala

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The fine patterns of Hawaiian kapa (barkcloth) were printed on the fabric with bamboo stamps. In addition to stamps with carved patterns, there are stamps where finely cut patterns of tortoiseshell were attached to a bamboo stick with string. [UM]

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Stempel
Dimensions
Width: 0.7 cm
Length: 36.2 cm
Material/Technique
Bamboo, Tortoiseshell, Plant fibre
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
087689

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Offspring; 1318
  • Production
    when
    before 1898
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Hawaii
    who
    Krämer, Augustin - Collectors
Provenance
The object is part of a collection that the Linden-Museum received from the Royal Natural History Cabinet in Stuttgart in 1913. Augustin Krämer, who was the first director of the Linden-Museum from 1911 to 1915, acquired it during his stay in Hawai'i in 1897. Hawai'i and the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) were stopovers on his journey from South America to Sāmoa (1897-1899). The exact circumstances of the acquisition are not yet known. [UM]

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED

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