Tapa Cloth
Item number C939 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
The cloth is rectangular with four bands decorated with a black linear design. The top band has a yellow-white background and outlined black triangles repeated. The second band has a yellow-white background and black vertical lines repeated irregularly. The third and fourth bands are alike and much thicker than the previous two. The bands are divided by black lines into thin vertical spaces, diagonal lines and short horizontal spaces. The spaces are coloured red-brown and black.
Item History
- Made in Fiji before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
- Name
- Tapa Cloth
- Identification Number
- C939
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- mulberry bark and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- painted, stamped and pounded
- Overall
- height 164.0 cm, width 108.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Fiji
Who
- Culture
- Fijian
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 2191/1240
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