Tapa Cloth Item Number: C934 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
The cloth is rectangular with many thin orange-brown lines on a natural coloured background. The cloth is divided into five bordered panels with dark brown lines. In each panel there are two long natural coloured triangles, one at each end. There is also a large, brown, randomly placed dot in each panel; one panel has two dots. The cloth is painted on one side.
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
- C934
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- mulberry bark, pigment and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- painted and pounded
- Overall
- height 216.0 cm, width 124.0 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
- good
- Accession Number
- 2191/1237