Tapa Cloth, made from pounding the inner bark from the Mulberry tree into cloth, of white bark cloth with painted design

Title
Tapa Cloth, made from pounding the inner bark from the Mulberry tree into cloth, of white bark cloth with painted design
LC Subject
textiles (visual works)
Description
Tapa Cloth, made from pounding the inner bark from the Mulberry tree into cloth, of white bark cloth with painted design in bright brown and dark brown; design in geometric, Pacific Islander motif; ground design of triangular pattern in bright brown with dark brown diamonds and central diamond band.
Motif
Diamond Geometric
Work Type
tea cloths
Location
Samoa
Date
1901/2000
Identifier
2012.001.002
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Bark Cloth
Technique
Siapo cloth Cloth made from pounding the inner layer of bark from the Mulberry tree
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University