Tapa Board
About this object
History of use
Pattern board used for repeating designs on tapa cloth.
Cultural context
textiles; bark cloth production
Physical description
A large rectangular wood board textile print block for siapo (tapa bark cloth). Carved with a floral design consisting of a central four-petalled flower with two pairs of leaves above and below and a downward pointing triangular flower with a stem and two leaves at either sides of the central flower with a tall leafed stem on both side edges. Both stemmed flowers have a horizontal row of zig zags above and below.
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