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Start Over Object name Tapa cloth Culture or time period Melanesian cultures Function 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-39718, described as Bark cloth; painted rust and blue-black geometric designs in four rectangles; three units similar, divided into eight squares; the fourth in chevrons; 1.69 m by 1.07 m. Repaired with four circular patches sewn with purple raffia
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-39730, described as Barkcloth ( tapa) divided into squares with black and ocher abstract; on white ground; squares separated by elaborate repeated geometric designs; fringed on long sides; 90 cmx 274 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-39719, described as Bark cloth; painted rust and blue-black complex meanders in four rectangles, one end rectangle with single meander; 1.6 m by 1.22 m
Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-44011, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-39574, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-39713, described as Bark cloth (male loin cloth or koefi) from the Maisin culture in Collingwood Bay, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Six panels, painted rust and blue-black; geometric designs in rectangles repeated six times; length: 3.6 m; width: 62 cm. Has no religious significance but traditionally served as clothing and as gifts in exchange. Now also a source of income for Maisin people. For more information, see: Barker, John (2017) Ancestral Lines: The Maisin of Papua New Guinea and the Fate of the Rain Forest. University of Toronto Press.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-43082, described as Tapa cloth; four squares with red curving designs, black outline.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-43080, described as Tapa cloth; four rectangles, each with black and red designs.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-43081, described as Tapa cloth; black-outlined red geometric and abstract designs.

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