Painted Cloth (Tapa)
Polynesian, 1833-1866
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Painted Cloth (Tapa)
Polynesian, 1833-1866
Physical Qualities
Bark, various indigenous dyes, 77 3/16 x 44 11/16 in. (196 x 113.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth Morse Taggart, Lakewood, Ohio
Object Number
1984.1
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1984; Elizabeth Morse Taggart; Mr Francis D. Taggart in the 1870's-1880's."
Küchler, Susanne & Graeme Were. 2010. “The Social World of Cloth in the Pacific Islands,” in Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, Vol. 7, 381-385.
Neich, Roger and Mick Predergrast. 1997. Pacific Tapa. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.
Page, Maud. "Paperskin: An introduction." Paperskin: Barkcloth across the Pacific (2009): 10-21.
Neich, Roger and Mick Predergrast. 1997. Pacific Tapa. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.
Page, Maud. "Paperskin: An introduction." Paperskin: Barkcloth across the Pacific (2009): 10-21.
