Tapa Cloth Item Number: 1404/13 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Tapa covered almost entirely with blocks of decoration on natural coloured ground. Sixteen squares of butterfly-shaped reddish-brown patterns with diamond-shapes in between in each direction.
Narrative
Thought by donor to have been collected by her father in either Fiji or New Zealand.
Item History
- Made in Samoa ? before 1921
- Collected during 1921
- Owned by James Wheeler Davidson and Lillian Dow Davidson
- Owned by Marjory D. Abramson before January 4, 1990
- Received from Marjory D. Abramson (Donor) on January 4, 1990
What
- Name
- Tapa Cloth
- Identification Number
- 1404/13
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- paper mulberry bark and paint
- Overall
- height 170.0 cm, width 140.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Samoan
- Previous Owner
- James Wheeler Davidson, Lillian Dow Davidson and Marjory D. Abramson
- Received from
- Marjory D. Abramson (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Samoa ?
When
- Creation Date
- before 1921
- Collection Date
- during 1921
- Ownership Date
- before January 4, 1990
- Acquisition Date
- on January 4, 1990
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1404/0013