Garment made of tapa cloth - Specimen details

Garment made of tapa cloth - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 42891

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Plant Name 153.05 MORACEAE Broussonetia papyrifera Entry Book Number 121.1908
Artefact Name Garment made of tapa cloth Vernacular Name
Iso Country Fiji TDWG Region Fiji
Parts Held Garment made of tapa cloth Geography Description Fiji Islands
Uses Garment made of tapa clothUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Fibres
Storage Large shelving Related Items
Donor Smith Miss M Donor No
Donor Date 21/09/1908 Donor Notes
Collector Donald Rigby Smith Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Miss M Smith, 12 Lichfield Road, Kew, Tapa cloth, matting, cannibal fork, bowl and many other items collected by Mr Smith during 1879 and 1880x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AItem loaned to Glasgow University for research and conservation as part of the 'Situating Paci, fic barkcloth production in time and place' project (Collaboration between RBG Kew, University of Glasgow & Smithsonian. Arts & Humanities Research Council funded) Dec 2016- 2018 www.tapa.gla.ac.uk

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