Fijian
Tapa Cloth
Fijian, 1933-1966
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Fijian
Tapa Cloth
Fijian, 1933-1966
Physical Qualities
Bark cloth, pigments, 45 x 45 in. (114.3 x 114.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edwin Davis, Columbia, South Carolina, through transfer from the McKissick Museum of the University of South Carolina, as gift to The Baltimore Museum of Art
Object Number
1994.193
Central square has white ground containing 5 brown circular designs: a ring of ovals nested within a ring of triangles; central square is framed in 3 nested black square borders; described from the inside: black triangles and black/white 'chain link' design; white serrated 'X's on a black ground; black/white stripes
Black and brown pigments
Edwin Davis; McKissick Museum, The University of South Carolina, 1986
Simon Kooijman, Tapa in Polynesia. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 234, Honolulu, Hawaii, Bishop Museum Press, 1972
