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Vintage Tapa- Masi from Fiji
Woven shutters... triangular and repititive aesthetics...provides organic lines and form...could be inspiration for illustrative drawn TYPE???
Tongan Ngatu (tapa cloth) shows Manulua old motif depicts either bird or flower Fakafo'ihea depicts the eyes of coconut or is it an abstract of male/ female reproductive organs?

Traditional tongan cloth made by beating the leaves of the pandanas tree or the bark of the mulberry tree

South Pacific Island tapa hand painted mounted on board vintage original Polynesian art

South Pacific Island tapa hand painted mounted on board vintage original Polynesian art

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Tapa cloth | Papua New Guinea

Oro Province/Huon Peninsula Tapa Cloth, Papua New Guinea (natural ochres on the beaten inner bark of (often mulberry) trees) . As art, these superb free-form graphics speak for .

Fijian Tapa Cloth, Masi
Tapa cloth (or simply tapa) is a bark cloth made in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, primarily in Tonga, Samoa and Fiji, but as far afield as Niue, Cook Islands, Futuna, Solomon Islands, Java, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea (particularly in Oro Province around Tufi) and Hawaiʻi, where it is called kapa. In French Polynesia it has nearly disappeared, except for some villages in the Marquesas.
This painting 'Siapo' is named in honor of the Siapo artwork of Samoa and Polynesian cultures which have developed vartions of the artwork and named differently.
Tapa Design Hawaii - Bing Images

Printable Digital 1X2 Inch Digital Art, Hawaii, Clip Art, Domino Size, Vintage Polynesian Tapa Cloth Designs Pendant Size CS 126

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Hiapo is the Niuean word for tapa cloth. | Traditionally it was patterned with designs unique to the island, many of them depicting events that were topical at the time the hiapo was painted. In recent years, hiapo art has been enjoying a revival.

vjeranski: “ Hiapo is the Niuean word (Niuean language is a Polynesian language, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian languages) for tapa cloth.

Samoan fabrics
Coaster Print? Tapas paper of the Pacific
samoan kava bowl - Google Search #hawaiiantattoosdrawing
Repinned: polynesian painting-artist-Clint Delacy Great idea to have the inside of the store lined in Siapo inspired print but in color.
Fiji Islands Tapa cloth, 1929-1935.
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