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Tapa Cloth2947/17

Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric designs in black and tan on a medium-brown base. The cloth is divided by thick black lines into a 6x6 grid. The first, third and fifth rows alternate between a brown and black floral design against a tan background and a square decorated with an abstract triangle-based pattern. The second, fourth and sixth rows alternate between a star-like pattern and a brown square horizontally bisected by a black line. The cloth has an un-pigmented border with irregular edges.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/16

Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric designs in black, dark brown and light brown against a medium-brown base. The tapa cloth is divided by dark brown lines into six columns. The design featured in the first, third, fourth and sixth columns depicts a diamond nestled between two X-shapes. Above and below the diamond design are dark brown and black triangles. The second and fifth columns are loosely based on a diagonal cross plan.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/15

Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric designs in black, dark-brown and tan against a medium-brown base. The tapa cloth is divided by patterned lines into three rows. The top and bottom row feature abstracted floral-like designs with two brown and two black leaves. The middle row contains eight point stars outlined in dark brown. Four diamond-like shapes radiate out from the dark brown circle at each star’s centre. The medium-brown space around each of the stars and floral designs is decorated with a tan triangular pattern.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/13

Rectangular medium-brown tapa cloth with geometric patterns in light brown. Decorated with alternating four-point stars and pinwheels. One half of the tapa cloth is significantly more faded. Three sides have a broad un-pigmented border with irregular edges.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/10

Rectangular tapa cloth. Geometric patterns in dark brown and light brown, on a medium brown base. The pattern alternates between crosses and two converging triangle. The edges of the cloth are un-pigmented, and somewhat ragged. There is a border along both top and bottom with swag shapes in light brown.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/9

Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric patterns in dark and light brown on a medium brown base. Designs are organized into a 4 x 5 square grid, outlined in dark brown. Each of the squares contains a diagonal cross and two diamond and two triangular shapes. Two sides of each square are bordered with a line of triangles. The two remaining sides are decorated with a series of revolving hour-glass shapes.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/14

Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric patterns in dark brown and yellow on a tan base. Dark brown pinwheels are bordered by diamond patterns. These sequences alternate between two yellow diamonds and a black diamond with the black shapes falling at the corners of the pinwheels. Shapes are separated from one another by dark brown lines, giving the cloth a grid-like appearance. One edge is decorated with a series of dark brown hour glass shapes.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/12

Large rectangular tapa cloth with black light brown geometric designs against brown background. The designs are organized in a three-by-four grid. Each of the grid’s rectangles contains, at centre, a black four-point star and, in the corners, two black spades-like and two black clubs-like designs oriented diagonally away from the centre. Each rectangle is bordered by dark brown lines and the entire tapa cloth has a black border. The brown base areas are decorated with light brown linear patterns. One edge is un-pigmented with irregular, somewhat ragged edges.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/11

Rectangular tapa cloth. Eight star-like geometric designs in dark brown, brown, and light brown on a medium brown base, organized in two rows of four. Each column is separated by a thick border of dark brown chevrons. The tapa cloth has a dark brown border on three sides. Brown portions are decorated with light brown linear and triangular patterns.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/7

Large rectangular tapa cloth with geometric patterns in dark and light brown against a medium brown base. The designs are organized into a 3x2 grid with very wide columns. Each rectangle contains a diamond –shaped design at centre decorated with abstracted floral-like patterns in light brown. The diamonds in the top and bottom row are dark brown in colour; the designs in the middle row are half dark and half medium brown. Rows are separated from one another by a set of two thick, patterned lines: one linear, triangle-based design, and one chevron style pattern in dark and light brown. Along one edge of each of the grids’ rectangles is a column of light-brown and medium-brown stripes. At the centre of this line is a dark brown square.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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