Tapa

MBUTI PEOPLE

Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo Museum
São Paulo, Brazil

The Mbuti are excellent producers of the fibrous blanket that we call "tapa". The word was originally used to designate an ornamented type of fiber produced from the binds of certain types of trees, and the Mbuti remove it from the fig tree.

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Title: Tapa
Creator: MBUTI PEOPLE
Location Created: República Democrática do Congo
Type: Blanket
Rights: Acervo Museu Afro Brasil
Medium: Plant textile - barkcloth

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