Tapa Cloth Item Number: C1338 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Irregular shaped tapa (masi) with painted designs on natural ground. The tapa is rectangular with a narrow end piece that extends past the main piece. The main piece has thin brown stripes with two perpendicular black lines and large random black dots. The end piece has short black diagonal lines.
What
- Name
- Tapa Cloth
- Identification Number
- C1338
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- mulberry bark and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- painted and pounded
- Overall
- height 209.0 cm, width 155.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Fiji
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair