Tapa (Siapo) | C2 Centre for Craft

Tapa cloth (Siapo in Samoa) made from mulberry tree bark, which is soaked in water and then pounded into a thin sheet. Geometric diamond and triangular pattern applied in brown pigment.

Tapa (siapo aux Samoa) fabriqué à partir d’écorce de mûrier trempée dans l’eau puis pilonnée en une fine feuille. Motif géométrique à triangles et à losanges appliqué en pigment brun.

Craftsperson Unknown

Materials/Matériaux Mulberry tree bark (Aute), mangrove pigment/Écorce de mûrier (aute), pigment de mangrove

Dimensions 118cm (l) x 128cm (w)

Date Early 20th century/Début du 20e siècle

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The C2 Centre for Craft is located in what we now know as Manitoba, the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak, Dene, Anishininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Inuit Peoples, and the national homeland of the Red River Métis. These lands include territory subject to Treaties 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10.

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