Tapa Cloth Item Number: C936 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long narrow decorated tapa (masi) with painted designs in black and brown. The designs have lines of various geometric motifs in predominantly black, with some brown on natural ground. The cloth is made of three pieces attached together.
Item History
- Made in Fiji before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
- Name
- Tapa Cloth
- Identification Number
- C936
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- mulberry bark, paint and pigment
- Manufacturing Technique
- pounded and painted
- Overall
- height 239.0 cm, width 53.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Fijian
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Fiji
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2191/1238