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BasketC451

Two braided black, red, and white straps form the handles as well as support the bottom of a woven plant fibre basketry bag which has a thin rectangular shape that tapers downward toward the inward curved bottom.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
mulberry bark, palm leaf and fibre
Made in
Rakahanga Atoll, Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC934

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.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark, pigment and paint
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC7

Skirt made from woven bark with braided borders, flowers that are sewn to the waistband, and a long fringe. Portions are dyed purple and brown.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and dye
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC936

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.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark, paint and pigment
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC938

Long, rectangular, dark and light brown tapa cloth made of beaten inner mulberry bark; uneven tones.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and dye
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC941

The cloth is rectangular with designs covering the entire surface in dark red-brown, brown and black on a natural off-white background. On one side there are squares outlined in black and filled in with large black double triangles and patterned brown backgrounds. The other side shows the exact same designs but painted only in brown on the natural background.

Culture
Samoan ?
Material
paper mulberry bark, dye and oil ?
Made in
Samoa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1173

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.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1252

Small, rectangular light brown tapa cloth made of beaten inner mulberry bark; undecorated.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark
Made in
Nalebaleba, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC967

Tapa cloth with light and dark brown paint on natural ground. There are rows of concentric diamond motifs and geometric borders.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paint and paper mulberry bark
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1660

The front of the beige cloth has eleven bands of a square grid-like pattern. The lines of the square pattern are both light and dark red, painted in blood. The back of the cloth is plain except for a band of three wavy lines.

Culture
Australian
Material
mulberry bark and human blood ?
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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