Tapa

human history

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.

Nama tāpiringa: 1992.253 Whakahounga o Mua: 9 Oct 2025
Ingoa Kē

Bark cloth (English)

Wāhi
[Tahiti]/French Polynesia/Pacific
Accession Number

1992.253

Rā Tāpiringa

01 Sep 1992

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

54247 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
10 Mātātuhi
bark cloth, 1992.253, 54247, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 28 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
bark cloth, 1992.253, 54247, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 28 Dec 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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