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Catalog Number |
CAS 2018-0003-0008 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
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| Maker's Name | unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1990 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Breadfruit fiber; Native dyes | |
| Description | Elongated rectangular tapa cloth, made from made from breadfruit bark that has been beaten flat and cut down to size; Design field is divided into six rectangular blocks, with the first and last block (border?) undecorated; Each of the six design blocks exhibit a similar pattern of thick, brown pigmented lines creating a continuous, abstract pattern; Each motif block is bordered on either lateral side by a much thicker brown pigmented line. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 43.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = ca. 260.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2018-0003-0009 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Maker's Name | unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1990 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Breadfruit fiber | |
| Description | Rectangular tapa cloth cut from larger cloth and made from breadfruit bark that has been beaten flat; Tapa is completely undecorated and undyed. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 99.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = ca. 120.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2018-0003-0010 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1990 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Breadfruit fiber | |
| Description | Rectangular tapa cloth cut from larger cloth and made from breadfruit bark that has been beaten flat; Tapa is completely undecorated and undyed. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 100.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = ca. 141.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0136 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Santa Cruz Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Anuda (Cherry) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 35.0, Length = 512.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0311-0001 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Melanesian or Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | South Pacific | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 188.0, Length = 487.7 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2001-0004-0001 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Melanesian: possibly Nakanai | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Britain | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s to 1965 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Breadfruit fiber; Native dyes | |
| Description | Irregularly shaped piece of tapa cloth painted with large stylized human face in colors of black, white, reddish brown, and blue gray on white background; Image covers entire surface of cloth; This item was probably designed as tourist art piece rather than as functional piece of tapa cloth. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 85.0, Length = 141.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0287-0004 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth dress | |
| Culture | Micronesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | South Pacific | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1860-1874 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Native cordage; Dyes | |
| Description | Woman's dress made from single piece of tapa cloth folded in half along shoulder and sewn along both sides; Openings for arms left at top and neck slit made at top center; Band of dark brown stitching across shoulder, just below neckline, and along hem; Front and back are decorated with repetitive hand-painted design in golden brown outlined in dark brown. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 78.0 , Thickness = 0.2, Length = ca. 97.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0137 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | New Caledonia | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Uvea | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Wallis | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Paper mulberry bark; Native and aniline dyes | |
| Description | Elongated, rectangular tapa cloth, possibly a lafi, a bandolier worn by men, made from strips of paper mulberry bark that have been beaten into thin sheets which are then overlapped to form a larger cloth; Design field is divided into series of horizontal bands at each end covering approximately 1/4 of the field, with the central area left open; End bands are decorated with various motifs, including stars, plants, and checkerboard designs, all painted in colors of dark blue, purple, and turquoise blue black; Similar motifs are repeated in central field, but more sparsely; Solid black border frames cloth on all four sides; Ends of cloth have been cut to form series of wide triangular fringes that are painted with black border designs. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 55.5, Length = 244.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0138 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Western Polynesia | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 186.0, Length = 215.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0139 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Western Polynesia | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 115.0, Length = 198.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0141 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Western or Central Polynesia | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 33.0, Length = 232.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0311-0002 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | South Pacific | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 188.0, Length = 175.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0144-0013 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | South Pacific | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 203.0, Length = ca. 264.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0356 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Western or Central Polynesia | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 82.0, Length = 204.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0434 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Polynesia | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 146.0, Length = 185.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1986-0002-0003 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Fijian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Fiji | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 62.0, Length = 270.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1986-0002-0004 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Fijian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Fiji | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 46.0, Length = 290.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1984-0008-0358 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Fijian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Fiji | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 47.0, Length = 91.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0359 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Fijian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Fiji | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark; Dyes | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 46.0, Length = 164.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0354 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Fijian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Fiji | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Paper mulberry bark; Native dyes | |
| Description | Elongated rectangular tapa cloth, made from strips of paper mulberry bark that have been beaten into thin sheets which are then overlapped to form larger sheets; Central design field is divided into three rectangular panels, with both ends decorated with positive and negative narrow parallelograms in black and white; Central panel is subdivided into 10 smaller blocks, each containing a negative star or floral motif on a black or half black-half brown background; Series of elaborate borders frame the cloth on all four sides (1 end now missing), the most prominent border consisting of a continuous band of negative diamonds with a central star motif; Outermost edges of cloth were painted with series of parallel diagonal lines, and then cut to form long narrow fringes along sides of cloth and shorter, triangular fringes along ends; All designs were probably applied using stencils to paint black designs, sometimes over a brown underpainting. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 66.0, Length = ca. 206.5 | |
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