Tapa cloth: Mododa'e Diburi'e Bioje'oho (Tail-feathers of the swift when sitting in the tree)

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Tapa cloth: Mododa'e Diburi'e Bioje'oho (Tail-feathers of the swift when sitting in the tree)

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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Te Papa Collections Online

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History This tapa cloth is titled Mododa'e Diburi'e Bioje'oho (Tail-feathers of the swift when sitting in the tree) and was made by Sarah Ugibari in 2012. Sarah is from the Sidoraje clan, but lives and works in the Oro Province in Papua New Guinea. This is one of two tapa cloths in Te Papa's collection made by Sarah, who is known to be the oldest woman of the Omie  tribe. It was fortunate that Sarah did marry into the Omie as the villages of her parents and those in which she was raised, lo...

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Date created

2012

Creator

Sarah Ugibari

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1384467

Related subjects

Papua New Guinean / bark cloth / mud cloth / textiles / Papua New Guinea / Melanesian

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