Tapa Cloth of the inner bark of a Mulberry tree pounded into cloth
- Title
- Tapa Cloth of the inner bark of a Mulberry tree pounded into cloth
- LC Subject
- textiles (visual works)
- Donor
- Stevens, Blanche Whittier
- Description
- Tapa Cloth of the inner bark of a Mulberry tree pounded into cloth; design using plant motifs to create a free-form geometric pattern in light brown and dark brown on natural white ground; colors are derived from natural sources such as plants and tree sap.
- Motif
- Plant motif pattern
- Work Type
- wall hangings
- Location
- Samoa
- Date
- 1901/2000
- Identifier
- 1953.012.001
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Bark Cloth
- Technique
- Pounding the inner bark of a tree Hand-made Natural derived dyes
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Tapa Cloth is used in the Pacific Islands for wall hanging and decoration. It is sometimes used during weddings and ceremonies, and as clothing.
