Tapa Cloth

Early 20th century abstract tapa cloth fragment from Western Samoa. Hand beaten bark cloth, natural pigment.

Early 20th century abstract tapa cloth fragment from western Samoa. Bark cloth, 'o'a sap and lama nut glaze.

New Caledonia is a French island territory in the South Pacific. Tapa are not woven textiles but, rather, made by soaking and beating palm fibers into large flat cloth-like sheets, a...

waterfall style low table

Antique Samoa Siapo ( tapa cloth ) made from the inner bark of the mulberry tree.

Antique natural fiber Tapa cloth with an exceptionally fine detailed design of hand painted beautifully aged vegetable pigment colors.

This Tapa cloth has not seen the light of day for many years - descended in the family from the estate of William L.

Complete Pre-Columbian Chancay Tapa-Rabo or Loin-cloth with a fantastic edging.

Six sided long mirror covered in tapa cloth from Polynesian Islands.

Originally worn by wealthy unmarried females around the house, tapa cloths later became popular and were worn by males and females as skirts, wraps and turbans.

Tapa cloth, is a barkcloth material that is hand-painted and laid to dry by the artisans of the Pacific islands.

Antique and unique oceanic tapas cloth covered rectangular wall mirror. Tapas cloth decorated in earth tones with floral and feather motif and wrapped around a wood frame.

Large-scale coffee table with radius legs covered in Tapa Cloth which is made in the south Pacific from bark in the style of Karl Springer.

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20th century Prestige cloth, Shoowa people, Kuba Kingdom, D. R. Congo A syncopated pattern of opposing forces lends this prestige cloth a sense of movement both horizontally and v...

Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...

The carpets of the Tuareg, who are cattle herding nomads inhabiting a vast expanse of the Sahara desert, are among the most exciting group of weavings to appear on the market. These ...

Mid-20th century tribal baknough (woman's head covering), Chott Oulad Amar, Tunisia. This is an unusual baknough from a very small area on the Tunisian coast, made even more special...

Early 20th century ceremonial cloth / Tampan, Paminggir, Lampung region, South Sumatra, Indonesia Commonly referred to as ship cloths, these ceremonial tampan would have been used...

Mid-20th century Tribal Zulu women's woven red cotton hat, Isicholo, from South Africa. The unusual spiral weave on this cotton Isicholo makes this a beautiful and rare example of t...

A large and graphically stunning Fante asafo flag. Fante flags represent the merger of two cultural traditions, the Akan tradition of combining proverbs with visual imagery and th...

Description Barkcloth, ngatu, made of bark (likely paper mulberry). Rectangular cloth, light brown in colour and made from sections of cloth pasted together with tapioca. Decoration ...

Sepia Toned Silver Gelatin Photograph of Six Ceremonial Canes from Ancient Tonga 17 x 17 inches, edition of 8/25 signature on face Tonga was once at the center of a vast trading em...