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Box2947/22

Small round box carved out of a single piece of wood. The wall of the box is vertically straight, with two small, square posts on each side, each containing a bored hole through which a thin twisted rope passes. The rope attaches the lid to the body of the box, and allows it to open fully. The interior of the box is hollowed, with a thick base. The neck has an inset rim to hold the lid. The lid is flat with a square post on the top centre, also with a hole that the rope passes through.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/20

Large tapa cloth with three rows of geometric designs in tan and dark brown against a medium-brown base. The patterns alternate between an hour-glass shape and a thick, diagonal tan line decorated with dark brown triangles. Rows are separated by a line of four pairs of elongated triangles.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/19

Rectangular tapa cloth with dark brown geometric designs on a tan base. Dark brown lines divide the cloth into a 4x6 grid. The designs in each row alternates between pinwheels and six-petal flowers with each square in the same column having the same pattern. There is a large brown area near one of the edges.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/18

Long, rectangular, mostly un-pigmented tapa cloth. One medium-brown column along the side with faint geometric patterns in tan. Beside the brown decoration is a brown partial hand print. There are patches of brown pigment on the un-pigmented area. The cloth’s edges are wavy and irregular.

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