Catalog Number
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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 | |