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Tapa Cloth3655/11

Heavily painted strip of tapa cloth. Design includes four main panels with geometric designs in black and brown-red paint. The two panel designs alternate. Red-brown border design on each end. Fringe along the long edge.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Cakaudrove, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3652/6

Small rectangular bark cloth with designs painted in orange-brown, against a beige background. Designs consist of curved lines that end in swirls; smaller lines throughout that connect longer curved lines. Triangles and "X"'s in the negative space; larger triangles done in orange-brown, other designs done in black. The curved lines are bordered with solid and dotted lines. Designs are inside a rectangular border; done in orange-brown with black solid and dotted trim. Back of tapa is undecorated; maker name on label stapled to back.

Culture
Maisin
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3652/7

Small rectangular bark cloth with designs painted in orange-brown, against a beige background. Designs consist of straight and curved lines intertwining to form abstract "X" shapes; additional ovals, triangles, and trapezoids throughout negative space. Orange-brown lines bordered with solid and dotted black lines; chevrons throughout negative space between decorative lines, also done in black. Designs are inside a rectangular border; done in orange-brown with black solid and dotted trim. Back of tapa is undecorated; maker information on label stapled to back.

Culture
Maisin
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3652/5

Small rectangular bark cloth with designs painted in orange-brown, against a beige background. Designs consist of wide curved lines that extend from central circles, intertwining to form abstract crosses; similar abstract lines and geometric spaces in negative space between lines. Orange-brown lines bordered with solid and dotted black lines. Designs are inside a rectangular border; done in orange-brown with solid and dotted lines, and scalloped trim. Back of tapa is undecorated; maker's information written on label stapled to back.

Culture
Maisin
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3439/5

Small rectangular tapa cloth. Solid rectangular border. Within, two rows of repeating designs - repeating narrow oval shapes, tapering to a point at each end, with repeating triangles within and flanked by petal shapes that curl inwards to the ovals. Only one side of cloth is painted.

Culture
Tongan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Tonga
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3425/1

Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric designs in black, dark red-brown and tan against an off-white background on one side. The tapa cloth is divided by patterned lines into four rows of six rectangles. The first, third, fourth and sixth squares contain a diagonal cross design with four diamond-like shapes. The second and fifth rectangles contain a large diamond with four smaller diamonds within. Edges uneven.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3425/2

Small rectangular tapa cloth. Completely covered in geometrical and linear patterns on one side. The repeated designs in black and off-white form concentric rectangles to the central red-brown solid rectangle which contains two star or flower designs.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3367/2

Large rectangular tapa cloth with overall background pattern stamped in light red-brown. Overtop are dark red-brown and black painted designs in flowers, diamonds, triangles and dots.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3254/39

Rectangular tapa cloth with one uneven edge. The bottom edge is serrated. The cloth is divided by lines with geometric designs throughout.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tunic3254/24

Dress composed of a long rectangular piece of pounded mulberry bark with a long, rectangular fringe and a diamond-shaped neck hole at centre. Each side is divided into by bold red lines, and has various geometric designs in black, red, white and yellow. (Small piece of tape with collector number adhered to shoulder.)

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