Tapa Cloth
Item number 1060/79 a from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number 1060/79 a from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Large rectangular bark cloth with designs in red-brown, brown and black, on the natural coloured ground. The designs consist of rows of triangles inside rectangles, with various motifs inside the triangles. There are also three narrow bands--one at each end, and one off-centre.
The documentation from the Sisters of Saint Ann Museum says this is a "chief's loin robe; no commoner could wear such a piece."
The tapa was collected by Warren Bell of Vancouver in 1934, according to old documentation from the Sisters of Saint Ann museum.
Tapa designs are made using stencils.
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The documentation from the Sisters of Saint Ann Museum says this is a "chief's loin robe; no commoner could wear such a piece."
Large rectangular bark cloth with designs in red-brown, brown and black, on the natural coloured ground. The designs consist of rows of triangles inside rectangles, with various motifs inside the triangles. There are also three narrow bands--one at each end, and one off-centre.
The tapa was collected by Warren Bell of Vancouver in 1934, according to old documentation from the Sisters of Saint Ann museum.
Tapa designs are made using stencils.
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