Tapa Cloth Item Number: C1337 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
The cloth is rectangular and natural in colour. There are several thin brown lines along the bottom edge with some extending across the cloth.
Item History
- Made in Fiji 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
- C1337
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- mulberry bark and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- painted and pounded
- Overall
- height 218.0 cm, width 78.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Fijian
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett and Nina Burnett-Potts
- Received from
- Nina Burnett-Potts (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Fiji
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
- poor