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Tapa (bark cloth) from Sentani, West Papua

Tapa (bark cloth) from Sentani, West Papua

Dimensions: 36 cm x 25.5 cm.

Beautiful small Tapa, bark painting from the Asei Island in the Sentani Lake of West Papua. Bark painting from Asei, Sentani Lake. Kulit Kayu (literally tree skin) is a piece of 'cloth' made from a sheet of tree bark that is beaten into cloth and then painted. In the local language, the fibrous bark cloths are called 'maro' or 'tapa'. Tapa cloths are made in Asei, one of the islands in Lake Sentani, which is located about 30 km west of the main town of Jayapura.

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