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**First Time At Auction**

North Pacific, Hawaii, ca. late 19th to 20th century CE. A fine section of a layered tapa sleeping cloth known as a tapa moe comprised of 4 layers of tapa cloth made from the inner bark of the wauke or paper mulberry plant, which is stripped, soaked, and then compressed into sheets with wood beaters. The top cloth or kilohana was made with a beater bearing a lattice and dotted pattern as evident in the stamped motifs throughout. It was then covered in red dye and sewed together with 4 other sheets of tapa to form a 5 layered bed cover. The lower sheets or iho present a natural light brown color. Size (cloth): 12.9" L x 5.9" W (32.8 cm x 15 cm); (matte): 19.6" L x 15.9" W (49.8 cm x 40.4 cm)

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, 1995 to 2010

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#168097

  • Condition: Fragment of a larger bed cover and missing 1 layer of the traditional 5. Some wrinkling in areas. Otherwise, very nice with great remaining patterns and pigments. Fit with modern matte.

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