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Accession No	1802.603
Name/Title	TAPA; WAIST GARMENT/ MAT
Brief Description	Barkcloth (tapa) made from inner bark paper Mulberry tree (Broussonetia Papyrifera; from the Futuna Island for use as a skirt. Tapa painted brown on one side. Other side there is a wide undecorated border (130mm wide). Inside this border the skirt has an intricate pattern of small hand-painted thin black lines . The patterns are arranged to form diamond shapes from the triangles of different patterns. The skirt is a rectangular shape, along the top edge is a brown band.
Classification	Household Accessory/Furnishings/Nomenclature
Primary Prod Place	Futuna/Vanuatu
Measurement Reading	124.5 x 1840cm

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