Tapa cloth - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 42964 | |||||
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No Image | Plant Name | 153.05 MORACEAE Broussonetia papyrifera | Entry Book Number | 69.1862 | |
Artefact Name | Tapa cloth | Vernacular Name | |||
Iso Country | United States | TDWG Region | United States | ||
Parts Held | Tapa cloth | Geography Description | Sandwich Islands | ||
Uses | Tapa clothUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
Donor | Hillebrand Consul | Donor No | |||
Donor Date | 30/06/1862 | Donor Notes | |||
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Notes: | Label source: Kapa or tapa, from the Nauke plant Broussonetia papyrifera. The same article is prepared from all species of Prairis and Neraudia also from the Artica grandis. Sandwich Islands Consul Hillebrand rec'd - June 27 1862x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AItem loaned to Glasgo, w University for 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- 2018 www, .tapa.gla.ac.uk |