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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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Tapa ClothC1661

Cloth is painted a rust colour on one side and left naturally brown on the other side.

Culture
Australian
Material
mulberry bark
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1200 d

Envelope shape tapa bag with braided edges in maroon and natural. The sides of the bag are border with an abstract, stamped design in green and purple. Lining of is made of plaited palm leaf.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
palm leaf, bark, paper mulberry bark and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1202 b

Lines radiating from circles; red and black on natural ground.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1202 c

A long strip of coiled bark cloth dyed with yellow, black, and red vegetable dyes, in vertical strips alternating with natural background.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1324

The cloth is rectangular, long and narrow and dyed brown. There are no finished edges or designs.

Culture
Oceania
Material
paper mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1005

Tapa cloth with brown and black painted on natural ground. A grid-like border outlined with brown, runs around the outside and divides the designs into five rows. The words "OLEALAVAA" and "LILIA AND PEAUX MANUA" are incorporated into the border. The designs have geometric motifs within hand-drawn boxes. The edges are cut in a large zigzag pattern.

Culture
Tongan ?
Material
paper mulberry bark, pigment and paint
Made in
Tonga ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC931

Mulberry bark cloth. The cloth is rectangular in shape with uneven, ragged edges. The cloth is undecorated and brown-orange in colour.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
paper mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1236

Tapa cloth painted with a design in brown with black lines dividing the design into boxes filled with exes and lines as well as some outlined Arabic numbers and letters.

Culture
New Guinea ?
Material
paper mulberry bark
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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