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Object Number
998-10-70/5761
Display Title
Barkcloth
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tapa
Object Description
Tapa, made of several pieces of barkcloth glued together, two layers thick, with a design on one side. The design is possibly a combination of modern and traditional motifs, rubbed on using a design tablet or "upeti." The reddish-brown and black colors, as well as the triangular and crescent designs, are traditional. The palm trees and center writing- probably referring to an occasion for which the cloth was made- and the numbering of the strips are all modern developments.
Inventory Description
Tapa cloth, brown and natural with painted curvilinear design
Classification
- Tapa
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1986 ca.
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Materials
Bark, Pigment, Barkcloth
Dimensions
Overall: 269.24 x 233.68 cm (106 x 92 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Founders Congregational Church
Provenance
Collector
Apalu A'Poe
(1986 ca. - 1986)
Donor
Founders Congregational Church
(1986 - 3/10/98)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-15-70/53900 | Decorated tapa |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-15-70/53874 | (de papa fafi) board over which tapa printing strip is secured |
Textileworking
|
Samoa
| |
| 999-18-70/5833 | Barkcloth, tapa cloth, Samoan siapo |
Tapa
|
Oceania
| |
| 997-25-70/5747 | Barkcloth (siapo) |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 999-18-70/5841 | Barkcloth, tapa cloth, Samoan siapo |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 11-2-70/83961 | Hand-painted tapa, Hiapo |
Tapa
|
Niue
| |
| 34-137-70/298 | Piece of tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Niaufo'ou (Tin Can Island)
| |
| 967-32-70/4634 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Tonga
| |
| 17-48-70/D791 | Tapa cloth |
Tapa
|
Samoa
| |
| 2000.16.3 | Tapa |
Tapa
|
Tonga
Samoa? | |
| 2000.6.1 | Barkcloth, Samoa?, Fijian?, Niue? |
Tapa
|
Oceania
| |
| 91-6-70/50769.4 | Sash of tapa cloth, Fijian masi |
Tapa
|
Fiji
|