Tapa Cloth
MOA: University of British Columbia
3655/11
Heavily painted strip of tapa cloth. Design includes four main panels with geometric designs in black and brown-red paint. The two panel designs alternate. Red-brown border design on each end. Fringe along the long edge.
- Type of Item tapa cloth
- Culture Fijian
- Material mulberry bark, paint
- Measurements height 280.0 cm, width 59.5 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Elizabeth Bell, Alan Bell
- Received from Elizabeth Bell, Alan Bell
- Made in Cakaudrove
- Ownership Date before December 7, 2023
- Acquisition Date on December 7, 2023
- Item Classes textiles
- Condition fair
- Accession Number 3655/0011