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Tapa Cloth1404/13

Tapa covered almost entirely with blocks of decoration on natural coloured ground. Sixteen squares of butterfly-shaped reddish-brown patterns with diamond-shapes in between in each direction.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothIi5

Tapa cloth with geometric patterns of straight lines and zigzags. Predominant patterns are width-wise with dark brown diagonal lines, zigzags, and triangles.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paint and paper mulberry bark
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlIh211

Deep bowl carved from one piece of wood and with short handles at each end.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wood
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RootC574

A light brown twisted 7-like-shaped piece of root used for kava.

Culture
Samoan
Material
yagona root
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model HouseC893 a-b

Model house in two parts: the base (a) consists of a raised floor made from wooden slats on a frame with four posts, each with a groove in the top, and it is all lashed together with twined plant fibre; the roof (b) is a plain gable roof composed of a wooden frame lashed together with off-white string, covered on the outside with layers of palm leaves, and finished along the peak with palm leaves that have been folded over and are held with thin strips of wood woven through slits in the palm leaves.

Culture
Samoan
Material
plant fibre, palm leaf and wood
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Printing BlockC6

Rectangular tapa board, or print block, for creating siapo (tapa cloth). Rectangular, dark brown wooden board covered in geometric patterns. The designs include squares of parallel lines and crescents in a grid formation. The patterns are made from twigs sewn onto bark, then covered with black resin?

Culture
Samoan
Material
fibre, bark, wood and resin ?
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC7

Skirt made from woven bark with braided borders, flowers that are sewn to the waistband, and a long fringe. Portions are dyed purple and brown.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and dye
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC8

Skirt made of strands of reddish-brown and dark brown grass knotted to the waistband.

Culture
Samoan
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC9

A long cylindrical wood club which tapers downward toward the middle. Bands of braid and cord are twisted around the club. The end is weighted with lead. Flat v-shaped knob at the end of the handle.

Culture
Samoan
Material
lead metal, wood, jute fibre and bark
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC11

Sword-shaped wood club with three high ridges at the junction of the club and the handle. The sword-shaped section has an arrow point-like shape with a ridge along the middle of each side and cross-sectionally across the mid-point. Horizontal geometric zigzag bands decorate the club with one band near the three high ridges, one band near the middle of the blade-like section and two bands near the top.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wood
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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