Anga (tapa cloth)

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Title

Anga (tapa cloth)

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This large and stunning anga (decorated tapa) is a significant addition to our very small collection of 19th and early 20th-century tapa from the Cook Islands. Made in 2008, it marks a renewed contemporary interest in tapa manufacture on the island of Mangaia. Revival Mangaia has a long history of producing tapa cloth and decorated tiputa (ponchos). However, the art form almost completely died out in the early 20th century. This anga is the product of a revival project in the village of Onero...

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Format

Image

Date created

October 2008

Creator

Mangaia Historical and Cultural Society

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/956205

Related subjects

plant fibre / dye / textiles / Mangaia / Cook Islands / Oceanic / Polynesian / Mangaia Islander / Textiles / South Pacific Regional Herbarium

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