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Tapa ClothC1505

The cloth is square and natural in colour with a triangle fringe. There is a double diagonal line extending from each corner and ending in a small centre diamond surrounded by four small diamonds in the centre of the cloth. Along one edge there are four 'v's with a dot in the centre. Along another edge there is '22' and 's oooi'. The triangle fringe covers all four sides with the triangles from two of the sides painted brown.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetN1.132 g

Male puppet in standing position and dressed in traditional stage costume. Puppet is holding knives and is wearing a white and black mask, a light pink shirt, and a light green skirt with a red sash at the waist. It has a Y-shaped bamboo control rod that is attached to its wrists and head by white string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, wood, silk fibre, clay, paint, bamboo grass and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetN1.132 f

Male puppet in standing position and dressed in traditional stage costume. Puppet is holding a metal cymbal (?) in his left hand, and is wearing an off-white shirt with a red skirt and a blue sash at the waist. It has a Y-shaped bamboo control rod that is attached to its wrists and head by white string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, wood, silk fibre, clay, paint, bamboo grass and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetN1.132 e

Male puppet in standing position and dressed in traditional stage costumes. Puppet has a white face, an orange turban and beard, and off-white clothing with a black belt. It has a Y-shaped bamboo control rod that is attached to its wrists and head by white string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, wood, silk fibre, clay, paint and bamboo grass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetN1.132 d

Male puppet in standing position and dressed in traditional stage costumes. Puppet is holding knives and wearing a black and red headdress with a multicoloured band, and a long green tunic with a red sash at the waist. It has a Y-shaped bamboo control rod that is attached to its wrists and head by white string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, wood, silk fibre, clay, paint, bamboo grass and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetN1.132 c

Female puppet in standing position and dressed in traditional stage costumes: Puppet is wearing a thigh-length purple tunic with a multicoloured floral print, and off white and pink damask patterned pants. It has a Y-shaped bamboo control rod that is attached to its wrists and head by white string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, wood, silk fibre, clay, paint and bamboo grass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetN1.132 b

Male puppet standing position and dressed in traditional stage costumes. Puppet is holding two knives, and wearing a pink, black and green hat and a long orange tunic with a long black moustache and beard. It has a Y-shaped bamboo control rod that is attached to its wrists and head by white string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, wood, silk fibre, clay, paint, bamboo grass and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1188/68

The cloth is square and natural coloured with designs painted in brown and black. There are twelve square blocks, three rows of four, with a circular design in the natural colour and brown. In each square the design shows four ovals pointing into the centre surrounded by a broken circle of triangles and framed by lines in each of the four corners. The same design differs from panel to panel in which aspects of the design are highlighted with black and dark brown paint. The cloth is made from three pieces attached together.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark, pigment and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1319

The cloth is rectangular with designs covering the entire surface in dark red-brown, brown and black on a natural off-white background. There are ten rectangular panels with a diamond-shaped design in the natural colour and brown. The design differs from panel to panel in which aspects of the design are highlighted with black and dark brown dye. The backside also has the same diamond-shaped design painted in a lighter brown on the natural coloured cloth.

Culture
Samoan ?
Material
paper mulberry bark, dye and oil ?
Made in
Samoa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1448/9

The cloth is rectangular and natural coloured with stripes of red and blue-gray. The blue-gray stripes are wide with diagonal rows of diamonds left natural coloured and painted red. The blue-gray stripes are flanked by thin red ones. The natural coloured spaces in between the stripes are decorated with borders of small blue-gray lines.

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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