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Bark cloth (tapa cloth)

20th century
Object PlaceOceania
Medium/TechniqueMulberry bark fiber, pigments; pounded, painted
Dimensions96.52 x 127 cm (38 x 50 in.)
Credit LineGift of Juraku Company, Ltd.
Accession number1985.395
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceGift of Juraku Co., Ltd., Kyoto, to the MFA on June 26, 1985
Tapa cloth
1950–90
Tapa cloth
19th–20th century
Pictorial tapa
Artist Unidentified, Pacific Islander
mid to late 20th century