Board/shells for tapa making (Broussonetia) - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 42887 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 153.05 MORACEAE | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Board/shells for tapa making (Broussonetia) | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Board/shells for tapa making (Broussonetia) | Geography Description | Navigators Group, Island of Upolu | ||
| Uses | Board/shells for tapa making (Broussonetia)Use: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Three shells 1. Used for scraping the bark in the 1st stage of tapa cloth manufacture. 2. Used in second stage. 3. Used to finish tapa board upon which the tapa is scraped and pressed out by shellsx0Dx0Ax0Dx0AItem loaned to Glasgow Universityf, or research and conservation as part of the 'Situating Pacific barkcloth production in time and place' project (Collaboration between RBG Kew, University of Glasgow & Smithsonian. Arts & Humanities Research Council funded) Dec 2016-? www.tapa.gla.ac.uk | ||||