A Tonga large tapa cloth Polynesia the central divided field decorated the Tonga coat of arms

A Tonga large tapa cloth

Polynesia

the central divided field decorated the Tonga coat of arms, animals, birds, sceptres, trees, stars and moons with triangular and crescent motifs to the borders,

490 x 520cm.

Provenance

Dr Elizabeth Spillius, London.

Collected whilst in Tonga between 1958 - 60, where she was studying Polynesian monarchy and kinship in collaboration with Queen Salote.