tapa cape mantle (tiputa)

Rectangular shaped piece of tapa with a hole in the centre, and patches (strips), decoration: pattern of short red lines. Hunt (1981): 'A poncho-like garment made by a daughter of one of the Tahitian women who accompanied the bounty mutineers to Pitcairn Island in 1791. The Tahitian 'tiputa' was a rectangle of cloth with a hole in the centre for the head, and reaching to the knee. Our small 'tiputa' may have been made for a child. 'Inscription: In ink on corner (reverse): From Pitcairn Island llth April l82l, presented to Mr. C.W. Nockells by Captain (Raine). Tahitians removed to Pitcairn by Bounty Mutineers

Nockells,C.W

Early: 1800 Late: 1821

Nockells,C.W

vegetable.fibre bark.cloth pigment

L: 1250 mm

Polynesia Pitcairn.Island Society.Islands