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Tapa ClothC1253

The cloth is rectangular and natural in colour with designs painted in black and dark red. There is a narrow border along the edges decorated only with bunches of four red lines. Inside the borders are four horizontal panels. The first panel is wide and has large natural coloured flowers repeated on a red background. The next panel is thin and has natural coloured diamonds on a black background. The next panel is thin and has natural coloured, elongated X’s separated by double lines on a black background. The final panel is wide and has red sunburst designs bordered by triple rows of triangles on a natural coloured background. The cloth is made of two narrow pieces of cloth joined together in the centre.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Nalebaleba, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1255

The tapa cloth is natural in colour with designs painted in black and dark red. There is a narrow border along the edges decorated only with bunches of four black lines. Inside the borders are many square and rectangular panels repeated in a regular pattern. One panel is black horizontal lines with marks in the centre. The next panel is two black triangles, one upside down and one right-side up, joined at the point. The next panel is a natural coloured chain on a black background. Another panel is a natural coloured figure with eight legs on a red background. The last panel is five red circles bordered by red triangles. The cloth is painted on one side but the paint has bled through to the backside.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Nalebaleba, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeaterC1245

A long wood squared beater with longitudinal reeded incised grooves on all four sides and a small rounded cylindrical handle. The top of each side angles toward the centre, creating four triangles forming a point with four equally spaced small ridges.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Nalebaleba, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1459

Small, rectangular light brown tapa cloth made of beaten inner mulberry bark; undecorated.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark
Made in
Nalebaleba, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1458

The cloth is natural coloured, narrow and slightly tapered. Some of the wood grain lines are still visible.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark
Made in
Nalebaleba, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1457

Small, rectangular light brown tapa cloth made of beaten inner mulberry bark; undecorated.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark
Made in
Nalebaleba, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1252

Small, rectangular light brown tapa cloth made of beaten inner mulberry bark; undecorated.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark
Made in
Nalebaleba, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeaterC1244

A long wood squared beater with longitudinal reeded incised grooves on all four sides and a small rounded cylindrical handle that is decorated with spiral rows of dots. The top of each side angles toward the centre, creating four triangles forming a point with four equally spaced big ridges.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Nalebaleba, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1246

Tapa cloth that is natural in colour, long and narrow. There is a join in the middle where the two pieces were joined together. The cloth is undecorated.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark
Made in
Nalebaleba, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1247

Small, rectangular light brown tapa cloth made of beaten inner mulberry bark.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark
Made in
Nalebaleba, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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