Hawaiian Painted Tapa Cloth, c. first half 19th century, painted in a grid pattern with abstract geometric designs, done in red-brown and dark brown pigments, (damage), 61 x 73 in. Provenance: Property of a New England Museum.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-05-12
Tonga Painted Tapa Cloth, 1936, a banded pattern with flower vases, script, abstract foliate designs, and serpent-like devices at one end, 74 x 115 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-05-12
Large South Seas Painted Tapa Cloth, 19th century, with large tripartite circular devices surrounded by four-petal foliate devices, (stains, loss), 92 x 142 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-05-12
Hawaiian Tapa Cloth, Kapa, early 19th century, light brown with repeated bands of a colored stamped design, tapa beater pattern clearly evident in the cloth, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-11-09
Collection of Hawaiian Tapa Cloth Fragments, some with polychrome designs, the larger pieces without decoration, old tag reads: "Native cloth from Sandwich Islands," various sizes. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-09-23
Twenty-three Framed Painted Mexican Folk Designs on Tapa Cloth, including birds, animals, and genre scenes. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-01-19
Polynesian Decorated Tapa Cloth and a New Guinea Painted Woven and Shell Mask. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-09-18
Large Fiji Tapa Cloth, Lau Islands, Fiji, early 20th century, decorated mulberry fiber paper, using wood print blocks, with freehand drawn circles, with two black-painted Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2020-07-22
Polychrome Polynesian Tapa Cloth, c. first half 20th century, painted in eight sections with different geometric and foliate designs, 72 x 41 in. Tribal Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-12-08
Fourteen Polynesian Tapa Cloth Fragments, some with painted designs, various sizes. Provenance: Property of a New England Museum. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-05-12
Three South Pacific Painted Tapa Cloths, one with a grid pattern, one with overall dot and dash design, and a small cloth bordered with a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-05-12
