Tapa Cloth Item Number: 1402/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long rectangular tapa with painted designs in brown and black on natural ground. The centre is almost completely covered in a grid-like design with geometric motifs. The end sections have two squares with triangular designs and numbers painted in them - 46 at one end, 47 at the other end.
Specific Techniques
The bast (inner bark) is beaten (using a beater) on a tutua (wooden anvil). Mamanu (freehand painted designs) are then applied.
Item History
What
- Name
- Tapa Cloth
- Identification Number
- 1402/1
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- paper mulberry bark and paint
- Overall
- height 391.0 cm, width 169.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Samoa
When
- Creation Date
- before 1975
- Ownership Date
- before January 31, 1990
- Acquisition Date
- on January 31, 1990
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1402/0001