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Tifaefae

human history
  • Other Name

    tifaefae (Tahitian)

    Quilt (English)

  • Description

    Tifaefae. Applique embroidered quilt. Large square shape. Consisting of sixteen squares, mid-toned blue in colour, each with an egg-shaped, painapo (pineapple) motif with green coloured leaves placed in the centre of the square. Further yellow coloured embroidery decorate the edges of the painapo and around the outside of the painapo. Light green coloured embroidery further decorate the outside of the leaves, enhancing the motifs.

    The squares are placed against a yellow/cream coloured background, with a blue coloured border, enhanced with light-blue coloured embroidery around the edges.

  • Place
    Fa'a/Papeete/Tahiti/Society Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    2001.12.7
  • Accession Date
    13 Jul 2001
  • Other Id

    55852 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

Tifaefae, 2001.12.7, 55852, All Rights Reserved

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  • quilt; tifaefae; 55852; 2001.12.7
  • quilt; tifaefae; 55852; 2001.12.7

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