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Tapa Cloth1448/15

Long, rectangular white tapa cloth (masi), undecorated with fringed borders.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth566/1

The cloth is small and square with four blocks of pattern in dark and light brown. One pair of blocks have a leaf-like breadfruit design inside a circle. The other pair have a cross-shaped design of smaller leaves inside a diamond shape. There are designs in several corners of the block as well.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1188/44

The tapa cloth is natural in colour with designs painted in reddish-brown and gray. There are eight squares all together; two rows of four. The squares are defined by thick brown lines outlined with gray. All the squares have a diagonal line in the centre. The rest of the square is filled with snake-like lines and small coloured-in shapes. All the lines and shapes are brown and outlined in gray then surrounded by a dotted gray line. The cloth is painted on one side only.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth681/1

Large rectangular tapa cloth with handpainted designs in light and dark brown on natural coloured ground. In the centre are ‘X’ motifs, flanked on each side by church-like buildings and surrounded by stars and dots. Towards the ends are forest scenes. Each end has four squares, some containing numbers to show where cuts are made during special ceremonies.

Culture
Tongan
Material
paper mulberry bark, paint and pigment
Made in
Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth556/1

Tapa cloth with two shades of brown on natural ground. In the centre are eight panels with diagonal lines containing letters. Flanking the centre panels are many blocks containing floral motifs. Both ends have short pairs of diagonal lines and numbers. The cloth is made of several large strips attached together.

Culture
Tongan
Material
paper mulberry bark, pigment and paint
Made in
Tonga
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1313/1

Large rectangular tapa cloth with designs in light and dark brown natural coloured ground. The overall design is a stenciled leaf motif in light brown. Over which are hand painted squares containing geometric shapes in dark brown.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1402/1

Long rectangular tapa with painted designs in brown and black on natural ground. The centre is almost completely covered in a grid-like design with geometric motifs. The end sections have two squares with triangular designs and numbers painted in them - 46 at one end, 47 at the other end.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1019/3

Rectangular tapa cloth with brown and reddish-brown geometrical designs repeated four times. Each panel is painted slightly differently but features a large X shape with a circle at the intersection of the lines. Plain borders along lengthwise edges.

Culture
Maisin
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Uiaku, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1019/2

Tapa cloth painted with dark brown and reddish-brown geometrical designs featuring elongated bands with spiralled ends criss-crossing each other.

Culture
Maisin
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Uiaku, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1019/1

Long and narrow tapa with a red-brown and dark brown geometric design consisting mainly of two triangles repeated six times with an area of blank tapa cloth at each end.

Culture
Maisin
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Uiaku, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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