Tapa Cloth Item Number: C1250 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small, rectangular light beige tapa cloth made of beaten inner mulberry bark, undecorated; folded flat into a square.
Item History
- Made in Nalebaleba, Fiji
- Owned by Cyril S. Belshaw before February 1959
- Received from Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor) during February 1959
What
- Name
- Tapa Cloth
- Identification Number
- C1250
- Type of Item
- tapa cloth
- Material
- mulberry bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- pounded
- Overall
- height 18.2 cm, width 19.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Fijian
- Previous Owner
- Cyril S. Belshaw
- Received from
- Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nalebaleba, Fiji
When
- Ownership Date
- before February 1959
- Acquisition Date
- during February 1959
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2175/0007