Tapa Cloth Item Number: C967 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Tapa cloth with light and dark brown paint on natural ground. There are rows of concentric diamond motifs and geometric borders.
Item History
- Made in Samoa
- Owned by B.C. Provincial Museum
- Received from B.C. Provincial Museum (Transferring institution)
What
- Name
- Tapa Cloth
- Identification Number
- C967
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- paint and paper mulberry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- stamped and pounded
- Overall
- height 153.0 cm, width 141.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Samoan
- Previous Owner
- B.C. Provincial Museum
- Received from
- B.C. Provincial Museum (Transferring institution)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Samoa
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good