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

It is believed to have been made around the 20th century. Tapa is a cloth made using a very primitive yet sophisticated technique: bark stripped from tree trunks is soaked in water,...

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.

Tapa cloth is a barkcloth made in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, primarily in Tonga, Samoa and Fiji.

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.

A striking 20th century Shoowa Kuba cloth panel with a fantastic all-over interlocking meandering hook and knot pattern woven in black and natural flat-weave and cut pile raffia. Kub...

A mud cloth (Bogolanfini), Mali, Bamana People mid-20th century. Hand woven 'discharge dyed' cotton Approximately 71 x 52 in. (180cm. x 132cm.) A dazzling geometric pattern...

Handmade ethnic aged Borneo Ajat basket made from natural Rattan. Motifs of Burung Kenyalang / Hornbill Bird. Traditional ethnic Borneo woven natural organic fiber rattan basket A ...

Shoowa Prestige Cloth Kuba Shoowa peoples DR Congo, Kasai Region Raffia palm fiber, natural and chemical dyes, cut-pile and stem stitch embroidery 24.5 x 24.5 inches (62 x 62 cm) ...

20th Century bark cloth painting, Mbuti (Efe) people, Ituri Forest, D. R. Congo A painted barkcloth from the Efe people in the Ituri forest of northeastern Democratic Republic of th...

A late 19th or early 20th century Kuba Prestige cloth, mostly embroidered with cut pile borders.

B/874/1 - Vintage African Kuba textile, suitable for Wall hanging or table - An IDEA: use this item as backrest covering of a sofa !

Handwoven Bogolan mud cloth textile from Mali, Africa, Bambara. It is a handwoven tribal cotton fabric traditionally dyed with fermented mud. Woven African textile, with geometric ...

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...

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...

Tapa Headdress, Lepau, Santa Cruz Island, East Solomon Islands Paper mulberry tree inner bark, natural dye Late 19th to early 20th century 67.5 by 18 inches (171.4 by 45.7 cm) Ex pri...

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...