Three Tonga tapa cloths Polynesia one decorated with crowns

Three Tonga tapa cloths

Polynesia

one decorated with crowns, birds, stars, Koekaluni, triple sceptres,

246 x 356cm,

and two with differing triangular motifs, including spider webs. (3)

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.