Tapa Cloth Item Number: C1504 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
The cloth is square and natural in colour with a triangle fringe. There is a double diagonal line extending from each corner and ending in a small circle surrounded by four diamonds in the centre of the cloth. The triangle fringe covers all four sides and the triangles from three of the sides are painted brown.
Item History
- Made in Samoa
- Owned by Ruth M. Jones before 1970
- Owned by Soroptomist Club of Vancouver before August 1972
- Received from Soroptomist Club of Vancouver (Donor) during August 1972
What
- Name
- Tapa Cloth
- Identification Number
- C1504
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- paint and paper mulberry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- beaten and painted
- Overall
- height 52.0 cm, width 52.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Samoan
- Previous Owner
- Ruth M. Jones and Soroptomist Club of Vancouver
- Received from
- Soroptomist Club of Vancouver (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Samoa
When
- Ownership Date
- before 1970 and before August 1972
- Acquisition Date
- during August 1972
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0208/0011