Tapa Cloth Item Number: C1502 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Tapa cloth in an irregular shape (a rectangle with a large circle cut out of the centre) painted with stylized floral and geometric designs in brown and black covering almost entire surface.
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
- C1502
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- paint and paper mulberry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- beaten, printed and painted
- Overall
- height 54.6 cm, width 88.9 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
- 0208/0009