Tapa Cloth Item Number: C1339 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long rectangular tapa cloth with hand painted designs in light and dark brown on natural coloured ground. There are long triangles and pairs of dots overall, separated by three bands of checkered squares. There are two diagonal bars with the letters ‘koeletautue’.
Item History
- Made in Tonga ? before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1930
- Owned by Nina Burnett-Potts before 1953
- Received from Nina Burnett-Potts (Donor) during 1953
What
- Name
- Tapa Cloth
- Identification Number
- C1339
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- paper mulberry bark, paint and pigment
- Manufacturing Technique
- painted and pounded
- Overall
- height 415.8 cm, width 101.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tongan ?
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett and Nina Burnett-Potts
- Received from
- Nina Burnett-Potts (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tonga ?
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1930 and before 1953
- Acquisition Date
- during 1953
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good