* SALE PRICE * TAPA CLOTH Rare Vintage PNG 1960s Ex Museum Collection NOW $ 125

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* SALE PRICE * TAPA CLOTH Rare Vintage PNG 1960s Ex Museum Collection NOW $ 125:
$74.48

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We sell Tribal Art, Antique Textiles, Ethnographic artifacts, and Contemporary Indigenous Art. We are Anthropologists and Museum Curators with over 30 years experience between us. We only sell what we love ourselves,what we personally source or from our own collections. We have been selling on since 2007. So please buy with confidence andcheck out our 100% Positive response. Some of our buyer comments include; \"Stunning item. Perfect service. Thanks!\", \"Prompt. Well packaged. Professional\". \"Many thanks. Good transaction. Highly Recommended\". \"Great item, thank you. ++++ stars\" \"Excellent seller\". \"Nice seller and great textiles\".

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THIS IS A STUNNING RARE EXAMPLE OF A GENUINE USED VINTAGE TAPA CLOTH FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA (NOT A MADE FOR TOURISM EXAMPLE) IT IS FROM POPONDETTA, ORO PROVINCE, PNG.

THE TAPA CLOTH WAS COLLECTED IN THE EARLY 1960\'S BY AN AUSTRALIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AND WAS THEN PART OF A AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM COLLECTION UNTIL WE BOUGHT IT AT sale IN 2000.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY STUNNING DESIGN AND IS DIFFERENT IN BOTH SHAPE (ie square as opposed to the generally long narrow shape of PNG tapa cloth) AND IN THE VARIETY OF DESIGN RATHER THAN THE STANDARDISED REPETITIVE DESIGN YOU NORMALLY FIND.

AS ANTHROPOLOGISTS WE UNDERSTAND THIS PARTICULAR TAPA CLOTH BY ITS SHAPE AND THE AREA IT WAS COLLECTED FROM WOULD HAVE BEEN USED AS A COVERING FOR WIDOWS TO BE WORN FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME AFTER THEIR HUSBANDS DEATH, AS A COVER OVER THEIR BACKS.

Measurements; 78 X 89 CM or 31 X 34 Inches

Material; Beaten bark and natural ochres

Description; Please see photos

Condition; *** PLEASE READ Good condition for age, however item is in used condition so as is normal with its age and with tapa cloth in general there are some small holes plus a couple of small rips on the outer edges of the tapa cloth plus the item has a smoky patina and some dark maybe charcoal? patina along the edges (not very noticeable see photos but we mention just to be thorough) and of course all of this adds to the vintage and authenticity of the item, however if you are looking for a perfect example of a tourist tapa cloth this is not for you.

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