Appraisal: 19th C. Fiji Tapa Cloth & Club GUEST: The, uh, club and the tapa cloth were given to my great-grandparents by the man in the photograph, uh, Ratu Meli, in, we think, 1926 in Fiji.

At the Chattanooga ROADSHOW in July 2008, I talked with a guest named George from Ringgold, Georgia, who had brought in a 19th-century tapa cloth and club from Fiji, originally given to his great ...

The making of barkcloth or tapa was once widespread throughout the islands of the Pacific. Today it is most strongly practised in the west Polynesian island groups of Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa. Barkcloth ...

Bark cloth prepared for curtains by the natives of the Fiji Islands." Nearly square in shape. According to Adrienne Kaeppler, Curator of Oceania Ethnology, the border designs are typically Fijian and ...

Fijian tapa cloth or masi is made from tree bark which is beaten until soft and pliable and then the sheets are interwoven, and plaited until a mat is made. It is then painted or dyed with traditional ...

A Rare Look At The Art Of Pacific Tapa Cloth At Te Papa. Kavat mask, 1971, Kairak Baining people, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. Purchased 2009, Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant.

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