Tapa or Siapo cloth, Samoa

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Title

Tapa or Siapo cloth, Samoa

Content partner

Te Manawa

Collection

Te Manawa NZMuseums

Description

This tapa has a hand-painted, overpainted design in brown and black. The central motief is of a large star. Working out from this is an inner border of checks, wide zig-zag band with leaf and flower sprays painted between them with an an outer border of triangles. Tapa is a bark cloth made in the islands of the Pacific Ocean. In former times the cloth was primarily used for clothing, but now cotton and other textiles have replaced it. The major problem with tapa clothing is that the tissue is...

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Format

Image

Date created

Pre 1925

URL

https://ehive.com/collections/3032/objects/48516

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