Tapa Cloth Item Number: 1448/7 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Tapa cloth painted with four rows of three sets of two rough triangle shapes with diagonal lines between and around them, each row divided by two bands and a band at each shorter end, all in reddish-brown outlined in black.
Item History
- Made in Papua New Guinea ?
- Owned by Cyril S. Belshaw before December 18, 1990
- Received from Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor) on December 18, 1990
What
- Name
- Tapa Cloth
- Identification Number
- 1448/7
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- paper mulberry bark and paint
- Overall
- height 127.0 cm, width 154.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- Cyril S. Belshaw
- Received from
- Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before December 18, 1990
- Acquisition Date
- on December 18, 1990
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1448/0007