Collection place: Oceania / Materials: Tapa (bark cloth) / Function: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bark cloth, accession number 11-45512, described as Large hand painted bark cloth featuring flowers, crowns in roundels with boughs surrounding, geometrics, various symbols and a central path; inscribed with "Kalauni" and "Koekaluni". painting is in light and dark brown.

Hearst Museum object titled Kapa (bark cloth), accession number 11-1153, described as Four separate layers: bottom layer undecorated, two middle layers watermarked with parallel diagonal lines, top layer watermarked with diamonds and colored red. Bark of paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) beaten into sheets, one layer colored by beating in red fibres, watermarked with patterned beaters. 4 sheets "sewn" together at one edge w/twisted white kapa "cord". The outer cover, a very popular style has red fibers beaten onto a white sheet and covered w/an extremely gauzy overlay of white.

Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-42072, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-40771, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-42670, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-37047, described as Tapa cloth; geometric-floral designs with black and brown print (lacquer); cross motif predominantly in center of cloth. 58.5 inches by 47.5 inches.

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