Tapa Cloth Item Number: C1503 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 large brown diamond in the centre of the cloth. The triangle fringe covers all four sides.
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
- C1503
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- paper mulberry bark and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- beaten and painted
- Overall
- height 51.5 cm, width 51.5 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
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0208/0010