Tapa

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Tapa cloth. Bark cloth. Long and rectangular in shape, and cream in colour.It is very finely beaten with surface texture from the i'e (tapa beater) visible. Rust coloured foxing visible across the surface.

Accession number: 1992.253 Last Update: 9 Oct 2025
Other Name

Bark cloth (English)

Place
[Tahiti]/French Polynesia/Pacific
Accession Number

1992.253

Accession Date

01 Sep 1992

Other Id

54247 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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bark cloth, 1992.253, 54247, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 28 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
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