Skip to main content

Painted Cloth (Tapa)

Polynesian, 1833-1866

Scroll

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.

Explore the Collection Further

Mbuti
Painted Barkcloth (Pongo or Murumba)
2000
Mbuti
Painted Bark Cloth (Pongo or Murumba)
2000
Mbuti
Painted Barkcloth (Pongo or Murumba)
2000
Mbuti
Painted Barkcloth (Pongo or Murumba)
2000
Mbuti
Painted Barkcloth (Pongo or Murumba)
1959–1978
Mbuti
Painted Barkcloth (Pongo or Murumba)
1959–1978
Mbuti
Painted Barkcloth (Pongo or Murumba)
1959–1978
Indian Painted/Dyed Cloth for Thai Royalty
1774–1799
Chancay
Painted cloth
999–1399
Chancay
Painted cloth
999–1399
Uvean
Painted Bark Cloth (Siapo)
1939–1941
Chancay
Painted cloth
999–1399