Tapa Cloth Item Number: C1173 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
The cloth is natural coloured and rectangular with a fringe. The fringe covers three edges but only one is intact. The fringe on the end is made of thick and thin cut pieces of cloth. The fringe on the side edges is made from thin pieces of cut cloth and not many strands remain.
Item History
- Made in Samoa before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1930
- Owned by Nina Burnett-Potts before 1953
- Received from Nina Burnett-Potts (Donor) during 1953
What
- Name
- Tapa Cloth
- Identification Number
- C1173
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- paper mulberry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- fringed
- Overall
- height 189.0 cm, width 69.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Samoan
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett and Nina Burnett-Potts
- Received from
- Nina Burnett-Potts (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Samoa
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1930 and before 1953
- Acquisition Date
- during 1953
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair