Tapa Cloth - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 43023 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 153.05 MORACEAE Broussonetia papyrifera | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Tapa Cloth | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Tonga | TDWG Region | Tonga | ||
| Parts Held | Tapa Cloth | Geography Description | Tongatabu | ||
| Uses | Tapa ClothUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Extra-large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Home RN Capt Sir E | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1878 | Donor Notes | Silver SWx0Dx0A | ||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | King Josiah Tubo (Tupou I) was the first Christian king of Tonga.x0Dx0ALabel source: Portion of a piece two miles in length and 120 ft wide, which was made for King Josiah Tubo.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AItem loaned to Glasgow University for research and conservation as part of th, e '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 | ||||