Description (Physical description)
Barkcloth
Event Date
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
'Piece of barkcloth finely decorated in black and yellow.
Event Date 14/9/2004
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
'Label reads "Santa Cruz" which is probably the right origin.
Event Date 14/9/2004
Author: maa

Context (References)
llustrated in the exhibition catalogue 'Tapa: Barkcloth paintings from the Pacific', by N. Thomas and J. Adams (Ikon Gallery and MAA), 2013, and noted as Santa Cruz
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: Rachel Hand

Loan (Exhibition)
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 1/5/2013 to 14/7/2013, 'Tapa: Barkcloth paintings from the Pacific; curated by Nick Thomas and Julie Adams
Event Date 1/5/2013
Author: rachel hand

Context (Analysis)
Cf Oc1944,02.1211 in bBritish Museum, identified as ficus sp. (fig / banyan) museum's scientist Caroline Cartwirght in October 2014.
Event Date 10/2014
Author: rachel hand

Conservation ()
CON.2013.21 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa

Research Visit (Anthropology)
RES.2017.2374 | Looking at barkcloths from Vanuatu, PNG and New Caledonia as part of her Pacific Presences Fellowship
Event Date 14/7/2017
Author: alison clark

Context (Amendments / updates)
Label noting Santa Cruz' cannot be located
Event Date 11/12/2023
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Lapau, piece of barkcloth used for men’s headdresses. A rectangular length of barkcloth made from the bark of the Banyan tree and dyed in shades of orange and brown with turmeric and plant pigments. Decorated with densely patterned quadrangles in a grid pattern, eight by five.
Event Date 11/12/2023
Author: rachel hand