Tapa / cloth

Description

One of three barkcloth ('ahu) samples attached to a card, this example is undecorated : Polynesian, Tahiti, Society Islands, Polynesia, 18th century

Museum reference

A.UC.417 C

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Tapa / cloth

Production information

Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia

Date

18th century

Materials

Barkcloth

Physical description

Piece of brown coloured card with three barkcloth samples including A.UC.417 C attached by cotton thread, with paper label stuck to bottom left corner: "Industrial Museum of Scotland. Tahitian Cloth from the Collection of the late Miss Fothergill of York; brought to this country in 1780-90 by her Uncle James Forbes, Author of Oriental Memoirs. Presented by A Lady". A. UC. 417 C: Rectangular section of barkcloth with at least two cut sides, thin and fine in texture and appearance with visible beater marks, discoloured white in overall colour with no decoration.

Associations

Forbes, James, 1780 - 1790 (fl.)
Miss Fothergill Collection