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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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Details
- 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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