Large rectangular tapa cloth with hand-painted designs in dark brown over cross hatching of light brown on natural ground. At each end sits a row of flowers with foliage. Across the width of the tapa are cut fruit with leaves and seeds, two rows of huts surrounded by trees, three crests and crosses surrounded by a ring of leaves, and ship anchors with flowers to either side of a large butterfly. Tapa appears to have been cut down long edges.

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• Type of Item tapa cloth
• Culture Tongan
• Material paper mulberry bark, pigment, paint
• Measurements height 133.0 cm, width 338.5 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Robert K. Paterson
• Received from Robert K. Paterson

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• Made in Tonga

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• Creation Date before 1984
• Ownership Date before June 16, 2016
• Acquisition Date on June 16, 2016

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3179/0001