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Tapa Cloth2947/19

Rectangular tapa cloth with dark brown geometric designs on a tan base. Dark brown lines divide the cloth into a 4x6 grid. The designs in each row alternates between pinwheels and six-petal flowers with each square in the same column having the same pattern. There is a large brown area near one of the edges.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/18

Long, rectangular, mostly un-pigmented tapa cloth. One medium-brown column along the side with faint geometric patterns in tan. Beside the brown decoration is a brown partial hand print. There are patches of brown pigment on the un-pigmented area. The cloth’s edges are wavy and irregular.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/17

Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric designs in black and tan on a medium-brown base. The cloth is divided by thick black lines into a 6x6 grid. The first, third and fifth rows alternate between a brown and black floral design against a tan background and a square decorated with an abstract triangle-based pattern. The second, fourth and sixth rows alternate between a star-like pattern and a brown square horizontally bisected by a black line. The cloth has an un-pigmented border with irregular edges.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/16

Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric designs in black, dark brown and light brown against a medium-brown base. The tapa cloth is divided by dark brown lines into six columns. The design featured in the first, third, fourth and sixth columns depicts a diamond nestled between two X-shapes. Above and below the diamond design are dark brown and black triangles. The second and fifth columns are loosely based on a diagonal cross plan.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/15

Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric designs in black, dark-brown and tan against a medium-brown base. The tapa cloth is divided by patterned lines into three rows. The top and bottom row feature abstracted floral-like designs with two brown and two black leaves. The middle row contains eight point stars outlined in dark brown. Four diamond-like shapes radiate out from the dark brown circle at each star’s centre. The medium-brown space around each of the stars and floral designs is decorated with a tan triangular pattern.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Altar Cloth2946/49

Square, woven light brown altar cloth with three, thick, vertical bands with pictorial representations of animals. Light yellow with red, pink, green, and orange bands and patterns. Thin, plain lines in green, orange, yellow, pink and maroon flank the decorative stripes. The left and right borders have a red, green and tan weave pattern.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Altar Cloth2946/47

Small woven altar cloth. Rectangular, brown, cloth with patterned vertical bands. The sides have thick, plain, brown stripes. There are two thick, multi-coloured lines with tan edges on each side. The edging alternates between dark and light brown.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Acora, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/13

Rectangular medium-brown tapa cloth with geometric patterns in light brown. Decorated with alternating four-point stars and pinwheels. One half of the tapa cloth is significantly more faded. Three sides have a broad un-pigmented border with irregular edges.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/10

Rectangular tapa cloth. Geometric patterns in dark brown and light brown, on a medium brown base. The pattern alternates between crosses and two converging triangle. The edges of the cloth are un-pigmented, and somewhat ragged. There is a border along both top and bottom with swag shapes in light brown.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/9

Rectangular tapa cloth with geometric patterns in dark and light brown on a medium brown base. Designs are organized into a 4 x 5 square grid, outlined in dark brown. Each of the squares contains a diagonal cross and two diamond and two triangular shapes. Two sides of each square are bordered with a line of triangles. The two remaining sides are decorated with a series of revolving hour-glass shapes.

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