Tapa Cloth Item Number: C1501 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric designs in brown on natural coloured ground. The designs have star, crescent and line motifs scattered overall. There are bands along two edges.
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
- C1501
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- paper mulberry bark and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- beaten and painted
- Overall
- height 168.0 cm, width 150.0 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
- 0208/0008