1436/9069

A Polynesian Tapa-cloth. Bark textile. 114×94 cm.

Provenance: The Second [Danish] Galathea Expedition 1950–1950.

Tapa-cloth (or merely Tapa) is made from bark and was once widely known all over Oceania - however, not least on the islands of Tonga, Samoa and Fiji. Today the tradition has died out in many communities.

Auction

Interior, 4 September 2014

20 bids

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31 August at 10:29 am	(Auto bid)	1,550 DKK
31 August at 10:29 am		1,550 DKK
31 August at 10:29 am	(Auto bid)	1,450 DKK
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30 August at 10:41 pm		1,100 DKK
30 August at 10:41 pm	(Auto bid)	1,050 DKK
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30 August at 10:40 pm	(Auto bid)	800 DKK
30 August at 10:40 pm		750 DKK
30 August at 10:40 pm	(Auto bid)	550 DKK
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30 August at 5:56 pm		320 DKK
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30 August at 4:47 pm		270 DKK
30 August at 2:05 pm		260 DKK
28 August at 12:14 pm		250 DKK