ID: 700001834	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Hiapo (tapa cloth) (ceremonial object; Unknown; ca. 1860; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; registration number: FE008655)

Note: This hiapo is made from the bark of the paper mulberry tree. It has been decorated with freehand drawn motifs quite distinctive from later styles. In the 1880s, hiapo became notable for a new style of fine freehand decoration. Comprising intricate line work and detailed motifs based on various species of plants, a distinctly Niuean iconography developed. Some scholars believe that many hiapo from this period were made by a single small community on Niue. They make this claim on the basis of a continuity of style and motifs, and the recurrence of particular peoples' names on signed pieces of hiapo.

Titles:

Hiapo (tapa cloth) (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

ceremonial object [300234117] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres, <object genres>, <object genres by function>)

Classifications:

ceremonial (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1860

Creator Display:

Unknown [preferred,VP]

maker unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Creation: Niue [7004687] Oceania (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington region, North Island, New Zealand) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: registration number: FE008655

Credit Line: Purchased 1988

Display Materials: bark cloth, dye

	tapa (bark cloth) [300072237]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber products>, <fiber products>, <textile materials>, <textile materials by composition or origin>, bark cloth)

	dye [300013029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

Dimensions: Overall: 2000 (Height) x 1360 (Width) mm

General Subject:

object (utilitarian) (preferred )

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Top of the CONA hierarchy

.......... Movable Work

Sources and Contributors:
Hiapo (tapa cloth)	........ [VP]
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=83487; accessed 22 August 2012

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 22 August 2012

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 22 August 2012