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BISHOP MUSEUM-How to care for and display tapa cloth
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tikilongbeach
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Mon, Aug 25, 2014 9:33 AM
How to care for and display tapa cloth. This is a very long, but good, article so I'm only going to copy and paste the introduction. http://www.bishopmuseum.org/research/pdf/cnsv-tapa.pdf Introduction |
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MaukaHale
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Mon, Aug 25, 2014 10:03 AM
In my research, historically, tapa cloth has been used basically as wallpaper in tiki bars. When I asked Oceanic Arts how they mount it on the wall they said to use contact cement. Obviously this is the thinking that tapa has a one time use. I have found that nice looking pieces of tapa are not easy to find at moderate prices. I have pondered what is the right thing to do with tapa. If you want to decorate with it you pretty much have to damage it in some way unless you treat it like a piece of art. I have treated it both ways to meet my needs. What do others think about about tapa. Should it be preserved as something that is historical/art or is it just wallpaper? |
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tikilongbeach
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Mon, Aug 25, 2014 10:25 AM
I have preserved most of mine. One piece that I have memorializes the birthday of Queen Salote of Tonga and has the Tongan royal crest on it. She lived from 1918 to 1965. |
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Wed, Jun 19, 2019 7:21 AM
Updated .pdf link: https://www.bishopmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cnsv-tapa.pdf |
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