Tapa cloth by unidentified

Description

Title: Tapa cloth by unidentified
Alternative Title: [Tapa cloth wall hanging]
Contributor: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Published / Created: undated
Publication Place: [Samoa]
Abstract: Tapa (mulberry) cloth made from the bark of the mulberry tree by natives in the back yard of Stevenson's home in Samoa, and presented to him in 1890. The windows are those of the home Stevenson built, the first windows the natives had ever seen.
Description: Tapa cloth presented to Stevenson by the natives of Samoa.
Extent: 1 sheet : 422 x 180 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: GEN MSS 684
Collection Title: Robert Louis Stevenson Collection
Collection/Other Creator: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Collection Date: 1765-1983 (Bulk: 1852-1931)
Collection Note: Series VII. Material From Other Sources. Artwork and Objects
Container / Volume: 29 (Art)

Format: mixed material
Genre: furnishings: wall hangings: tapestries (AAT)
Material: beaten bark
Subject (Name): Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Subject (Topic): Arts, Samoan--Samoan Islands
Tapa
Textile fabrics--Samoan Islands

Access: Public
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Citation: Robert Louis Stevenson Collection. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.