Tapa Cloth
Item number 1448/7 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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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
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea ?
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- Cyril S. Belshaw
- Received from
- Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor)
When
- Ownership Date
- before December 18, 1990
- Acquisition Date
- on December 18, 1990
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1448/0007
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