Null TAHITI, Polynesia.
Beaten bark bark, natural pigments.
Rare tapa on canvas,…
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TAHITI, Polynesia. Beaten bark bark, natural pigments. Rare tapa on canvas, mounted as a curtain. Size: 183x300 cm. Wear, stains, traces of humidity According to its former owner, the tapa belonged to Queen Pomaré IV (1813-1877), whose real name was Aïmata, the last queen of Tahiti. Provenance : -Former collection of Maurice Villaret, a doctor who lived on an island in Tahiti (then by descent). -Former collection of Monsieur Bernard Villaret (1909-2006), known as "Foulque", writer, painter and doctor.

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TAHITI, Polynesia. Beaten bark bark, natural pigments. Rare tapa on canvas, mounted as a curtain. Size: 183x300 cm. Wear, stains, traces of humidity According to its former owner, the tapa belonged to Queen Pomaré IV (1813-1877), whose real name was Aïmata, the last queen of Tahiti. Provenance : -Former collection of Maurice Villaret, a doctor who lived on an island in Tahiti (then by descent). -Former collection of Monsieur Bernard Villaret (1909-2006), known as "Foulque", writer, painter and doctor.

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