Tapiy, Tepi, Platter

2000.01.0070

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Tapiy, Tepi, Platter   (2000.01.0070)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
  2. :
  3. Food Service T&E
  4. :
  5. Serving Vessels
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1963
Culture Micronesian
Location On Exhibitin the Southeast Asia and Oceania exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 50.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 20.9 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 9.4 cm
Weight 769 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plant--Wood, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Painting (?)

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Alkire, William H. Lamotrek Atoll and Inter-island Socioeconomic Ties. Illinois Studies in Anthropology, No. 5. University of Illinois Press: Urbana, 1965.

Kramer, Augustin. Ergebnisse der Sudsee Expedition 1908-1910. (ed.) G. Thilenius. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co., 1937. Pp. 63, 238-240.

Photo of item in Eugene Dillenburg's Exhibit Gallery Webpage, July 3, 2005.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication William H. Alkire Collection, Transfer from Department of Anthropology, UIUC
Reproduction No

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