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Siapo (tapa cloth)

Siapo (tapa cloth)
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Siapo (tapa cloth)
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Collection
Te Papa Collections Online
Description

The making of barkcloth or tapa was once widespread throughout the islands of the Pacific. Today it is most strongly practised in the west Polynesian island groups of Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa. Barkcloth made in Samoa is called siapo. MaterialsSiapo makers use the bark of the u'a (paper mulberry tree) to make their cloth. The bark is carefully peeled off the tree in strips and then the inner bark is separated and scraped clean. It is then pounded until it widens into a larger size

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Date created
Gifted: 1986
URL
https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/84716
Related subjects
bark cloth / textiles / Sāmoan / Sāmoa / Percy Williams / Barbara Williams / Mrs Meme Williams

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