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Tapa Cloth

Unknown artist, early 20th century

1.26 m × 1.33 m

Almost as tall as you are. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.33 m
Width: 1.26 m
Medium: probably mulberry bark (Broussonetia papyrifera), painted
Kind: Textile
Made in: Oceania, Polynesia, Hawaii, early 20th century
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Overall: 133.4 x 125.7 cm (52 1/2 x 49 1/2 in.)
Credit: Gift of Victoria K. Ball

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 1.26 m × 1.33 m. Almost as tall as you are. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made early 20th century. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of Victoria K. Ball.
How was it made?: Probably mulberry bark (Broussonetia papyrifera), painted, made in Oceania, Polynesia, Hawaii, early 20th century, Oceania, Polynesia, Hawaii, early 20th century.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.