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Tapa Cloth3439/5

Small rectangular tapa cloth. Solid rectangular border. Within, two rows of repeating designs - repeating narrow oval shapes, tapering to a point at each end, with repeating triangles within and flanked by petal shapes that curl inwards to the ovals. Only one side of cloth is painted.

Culture
Tongan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Tonga
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa cloth3092/14

A large rectangular bark cloth covered with geometric patterns. The patterns are made up of triangles and linear shapes which fit together to decorate the cloth's whole surface. The cloth is coloured in varying shades of reddish brown and browns.

Culture
Fijian ? or Tongan ?
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Tonga ? or Fiji ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3179/1

Large rectangular tapa cloth with hand-painted designs in dark brown over cross hatching of light brown on natural ground. At each end sits a row of flowers with foliage. Across the width of the tapa are cut fruit with leaves and seeds, two rows of huts surrounded by trees, three crests and crosses surrounded by a ring of leaves, and ship anchors with flowers to either side of a large butterfly. Tapa appears to have been cut down long edges.

Culture
Tongan
Material
paper mulberry bark, pigment and paint
Made in
Tonga
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2906/1

Large rectangular tapa cloth. The base colour of the cloth is stained a medium brown, with unpainted strips of light brown on either end. The cloth is painted with a dark brown, possibly oil based, pigment in squares with repeating patterns of birds, animals, outdoors scenes with a house, tree, sun, moon and star, a Tongan shield motif, and a central panel with triangles, lines, and lettering. At each end is a light brown strip with a bird and number in each square; 18 to 21 at one end, 19 to 22 at the other end.

Culture
Tongan
Material
paper mulberry bark, pigment and paint
Made in
Tonga
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2712/1

Large tapa cloth dyed brown in patches with black painted decoration. The numbers 46 through 50 are evenly spaced down each side and two vertical bands of printed letters are in the middle. Bands of elongated diamond shapes filled with a leaf design separate areas of floating triangular and vegetal designs.

Culture
Tongan
Material
paper mulberry bark, pigment and paint
Made in
Tonga ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shell2670/6

Shell with cream base colour and dark brown speckles overall. The speckles have shadows of light blue and light orange.

Culture
Tongan ?
Material
tiger cowrie shell
Made in
Tonga ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureIi6

A finely polished brown wood figure of a female standing on rounded circular platform. The top of the flat head slants downward toward the upraised brow, below which there are two horizontally slit eyes, a ridge nose, and a horizontally slit mouth. There are slightly rounded triangular ears flattened to the sides of the head. The face is triangular with a pointed chin. There are breasts, a belly, short arms which taper to points, rounded legs which taper at the knees, and toes carved onto the big oval feet.

Culture
Tongan
Material
wood
Made in
Tonga
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BladeC43

A flattened, almost circular blue-grey stone with a rough edge opposite the tapered slightly rounded cutting edge.

Culture
Tongan
Material
stone
Made in
Tongatapu, Tonga
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry Tray1152/1

Ovular coil-work tray with zigzag decoration in black and brown around the interior bottom and alternating black and cream arrows pointing counterclockwise around rim. One loop handle at each end has the arrow design while the rim inside them does not.

Culture
Tongan
Material
grass
Made in
Tonga
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1784/1

The cloth is two-ply and square with designs in black, yellow and red. There is a large black circle with a scalloped yellow outer edge. Inside the circle on a yellow background there is a heraldic image with an inscription. At the centre of the image is a cross inside a red six-pointed star. Surrounding the star are a cluster of three small stars, two spears, a laurel wreath and flowing ribbon among other symbols. Inside the large circle are random simple black designs and four half-circle designs on the inside edge of the circle.

Culture
Tongan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Tonga
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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