Tapa Cloth Item Number: C1202 a from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
The tapa cloth is natural in colour with designs painted in reddish-brown and gray. The thick brown lines are painted in wavy and v-like patterns and cover the width of the cloth. All brown lines are outlined in gray and then surrounded with dotted lines. The lines are painted on only one side of the cloth but much of the brown lines have soaked through to the other side.
Item History
- Made in Oro, Papua New Guinea
- Collected during 1951
- Owned by Cyril S. Belshaw before April 1958
- Received from Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor) during April 1958
What
- Name
- Tapa Cloth
- Identification Number
- C1202 a
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- paper mulberry bark and paint
- Overall
- height 133.5 cm, width 68.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Orokaiva
- Previous Owner
- Cyril S. Belshaw
- Received from
- Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Oro, Papua New Guinea
When
- Collection Date
- during 1951
- Ownership Date
- before April 1958
- Acquisition Date
- during April 1958
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2174/0004 a