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Tapa Cloth

MOA: University of British Columbia

3439/5

Small rectangular tapa cloth. Solid rectangular border. Within, two rows of repeating designs - repeating narrow oval shapes, tapering to a point at each end, with repeating triangles within and flanked by petal shapes that curl inwards to the ovals. Only one side of cloth is painted.

  • Narrative

    Acquired by the donor while traveling in the south Pacific during the early 1980s.

  • Type of Item tapa cloth
  • Culture Tongan
  • Material paper mulberry bark, paint
  • Measurements height 93.2 cm, width 32.5 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Frits Bossen
  • Received from Frits Bossen
  • Made in Tonga
  • Creation Date during 1982
  • Collection Date during 1982
  • Ownership Date before August 19, 2020
  • Acquisition Date on August 19, 2020
  • Item Classes textiles
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3439/0005

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