Tapa Cloth

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Tapa Cloth
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Datedate unknown
MediumBark with pigment
DimensionsOverall (Unfolded): 190.5 x 138.4 cm (75 x 54 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Beth and Dr. Paul Losiewicz
Object number2000.1.2
Not on view
DescriptionBundle of bark cloth with black painted design and lettering along one edge.

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Bark cloth
Provenance 2000: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by gift of Beth and Paul Losiewicz.
Tapa cloth fragment
Date: before 1927
Medium: Paper mulberry tree bark
Object number: S2024.5.2
"Cloth of gold" fragment
Date: 16th-17th century
Medium: Gold-wrapped silk
Object number: S2024.5.9
Altar cloth fragment
Date: 17th-18th century
Medium: Embroidered linen
Object number: S2024.5.33
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1870-75
Medium: Leather with dentalium shells and trade beads
Object number: 1984.456
Textile fragments
Amelia Blanford Edwards
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.6.9a-e
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Spruce root, maiden hair fern
Object number: 1984.497
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Spruce root with maiden hair fern and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.495
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.496
Textile fragments
Amelia Blanford Edwards
Date: date unknown
Medium: Linen
Object number: S2024.6.6a-d
Shawl fragment
Unknown artist, Turkish
Date: late 18th century
Medium: Woven wool
Object number: S2024.5.8
Headdress fragment
Unknown artist, Philippine Islands
Date: 19th century
Medium: Silk and fiber
Object number: S2024.5.3
Batik fragment
Unknown artist, Javanese
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Cotton
Object number: S2024.5.4