Tongan Tapa Cloth with Beehive

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Title

Tongan Tapa Cloth with Beehive

Subject

Bark; Beehive; Tapa

Description

Tapa Cloth with beehive on it. Outline of beehive is black nuts. White seashells decorate the rest of the tapa. At top they spell "BEEHIVE". Three squares near top have the same Coat of Arms in each. Tapa is glued and stapled to a cardboard. Another piece of tapa is on back decorated with 2 rows of birds, a row of the Coat of Arms and a row of trees with the sun, the moon and the stars.

Creator

Mulitalo, Lavulavu

Source

Utah State Folk Arts Collection, 1980.04, ArtHaus

Publisher

Utah State Archives

Date

1980

Contributor

Utah Division of Arts and Museums

Rights

Copyright All Years. Utah Division of Arts and Museums. All Rights Reserved.

Format

57.50 x 49.50 (in)

Collection

Citation

Mulitalo, Lavulavu, “Tongan Tapa Cloth with Beehive,” Utah Folk Arts, accessed May 2, 2024, https://utahfolkarts.omeka.net/items/show/66.

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