Tongan Tapa cloth or Ngatu with Turtle motif signed by artist

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Tongan Tapa cloth or Ngatu with Turtle motif signed by artist:
$55.00

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Modern Tongan Tapa cloth or Ngatu, Turtle design.
Beautiful Ngatu in excellent new condition.
This has been hand painted and signed by the artist.
The turtle is a recurrent popular motif on the Tapa cloths, it symbolizes good fortune.
Info about the artist:
Lavinia Petiola Taufa is a well known artist in the Pacific regions.
She often travels between Tonga and New Zealand,
and has an extensive portfolio.
Mostly recycling old tapa cloths to paint her creations on, (like a lot of Tongan artists do) sometimes the reverse side is even better than the face...
She mainly focuses on fish & turtle/underwater scenes,but sometimes does geometric patterns,adding her own contemporary twist to the pieces.Dimensions: 550 mm x 535 mm. or 21\'7 x 21\'1
HISTORY
Tapa cloths are made of bark fibers, a type of cloth made from the bast, or inner bark strips of specific trees, mainly the mulberry tree,although several species of breadfruit and fig trees are also used.
As Tapa cloths are hand made with symbols and designs specific to a particular island group,region,or township,every single one is one of a kind and unique.  I have been collecting Pacific Tapa cloths for about 30 years,and my collection has been described as one of the largest one in the world.
As I\'ve reached my limit space wise I decided to sell a large portion of my collection off and over the last 2 years I have sold a number of Tapa cloths to collectors,galleries and museums.
A small part of my collection can be found on loan in museums in many parts of the world.
For more info or if you would like me to set up another sale for you google tapapacifica dot com.International Airmail postage costs are approx $20 to most countries, please contact me for a more accurate quote.