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Tapa ClothC1505

The cloth is square and natural in colour with a triangle fringe. There is a double diagonal line extending from each corner and ending in a small centre diamond surrounded by four small diamonds in the centre of the cloth. Along one edge there are four 'v's with a dot in the centre. Along another edge there is '22' and 's oooi'. The triangle fringe covers all four sides with the triangles from two of the sides painted brown.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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 ClothC1336

The cloth is square and natural in colour with designs painted in brown. There is a border of squares set in from the edge. Opposite sides of the border have the same design within the squares; one is diamonds and the other is triangles. In the centre there are five panels; three horizontal flanked by a vertical panel on either side. The motif of four small squares arranged in a square with a heart turned outwards in each corner is repeated three times in each vertical panel. The upper and lower horizontal panels each repeat the motif twice. The centre panel has two triangles with lines extending down 2from the base. All designs are painted brown and outlined in a black-brown.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1188/52

The cloth is rectangular and white-natural coloured with designs covering the entire surface stenciled in black and brown. There is a border along the edges of a white crest shape with black horizontal lines on a black background. Inside the borders are many repeated blocks of design. One block is square with many black and white linear borders leading to the centre with a white flower on a brown background. Another block has black triangles in each of the four corners and a brown pinwheel in the centre surrounded by black dots on a lightly painted brown background. Another block is rectangular with many black and white linear borders leading to the centre with a white flower with square petals on a black background. The centre block is rectangular with many black and white borders leading to two squares in the centre with triangles of brown, black and white. The cloth is made up of a wide and narrow piece attached together.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1188/68

The cloth is square and natural coloured with designs painted in brown and black. There are twelve square blocks, three rows of four, with a circular design in the natural colour and brown. In each square the design shows four ovals pointing into the centre surrounded by a broken circle of triangles and framed by lines in each of the four corners. The same design differs from panel to panel in which aspects of the design are highlighted with black and dark brown paint. The cloth is made from three pieces attached together.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark, pigment and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC1319

The cloth is rectangular with designs covering the entire surface in dark red-brown, brown and black on a natural off-white background. There are ten rectangular panels with a diamond-shaped design in the natural colour and brown. The design differs from panel to panel in which aspects of the design are highlighted with black and dark brown dye. The backside also has the same diamond-shaped design painted in a lighter brown on the natural coloured cloth.

Culture
Samoan ?
Material
paper mulberry bark, dye and oil ?
Made in
Samoa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1448/9

The cloth is rectangular and natural coloured with stripes of red and blue-gray. The blue-gray stripes are wide with diagonal rows of diamonds left natural coloured and painted red. The blue-gray stripes are flanked by thin red ones. The natural coloured spaces in between the stripes are decorated with borders of small blue-gray lines.

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 Cloth1041/1

The cloth is square and natural coloured with a black and red geometric design. In the centre of the cloth is a black square inside of a larger red circle. Inside the square is a web-like pattern of black and white lines. In the very centre of the square are eight triangles, alternating red and white, with points together. On the outside of the large red circle is a black outlined border of three triangles inside one another. There is a black border around outside of the cloth with red triangles pointing inwards. The cloth is painted on one side.

Culture
Samoan ?
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa ClothC939

The cloth is rectangular with four bands decorated with a black linear design. The top band has a yellow-white background and outlined black triangles repeated. The second band has a yellow-white background and black vertical lines repeated irregularly. The third and fourth bands are alike and much thicker than the previous two. The bands are divided by black lines into thin vertical spaces, diagonal lines and short horizontal spaces. The spaces are coloured red-brown and black.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
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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