Tapa Cloth Item Number: 2712/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large tapa cloth dyed brown in patches with black painted decoration. The numbers 46 through 50 are evenly spaced down each side and two vertical bands of printed letters are in the middle. Bands of elongated diamond shapes filled with a leaf design separate areas of floating triangular and vegetal designs.
Item History
- Made in Tonga ? before 1987
- Collected in Australia during 1987
- Owned by Annette Thornton-Vincent before September 29, 2008
- Received from Annette Thornton-Vincent (Donor) on September 29, 2008
What
- Name
- Tapa Cloth
- Identification Number
- 2712/1
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- paper mulberry bark, pigment and paint
- Overall
- height 390.0 cm, width 230.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tongan
- Previous Owner
- Annette Thornton-Vincent
- Received from
- Annette Thornton-Vincent (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tonga ?
- Collected in
- Australia
When
- Creation Date
- before 1987
- Collection Date
- during 1987
- Ownership Date
- before September 29, 2008
- Acquisition Date
- on September 29, 2008
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2712/0001