Folded Figure
21499
From: United States of America | Hawaiian Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 21499 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hawaiian |
| Provenience | United States of America | Hawaiian Islands |
| Culture Area | Oceania | Polynesia |
| Manufacture Location | Philadelphia |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Paper |
| Iconography | Bird |
| Description | Five fragments of a pepa manu (paper bird). There are three large triangles and two small triangles. The paper is stained and damaged. The pepa manu was made in the Museum by Hawaiian sailors in 1898. Pepa pāʻani (paper play) is a children's game. Paper or kapa (Hawaiian bark cloth) is folded into different shapes. |
| Length | 13 cm |
| Width | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Made in the University Museum by Native Hawaiians, 1898 |
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