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A'Pua 2018

Accession No.
2018.202
Date Created
2018
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Pacific Art
Dimensions A
172 x 60.5 x 2.9cm
Media Category
Fibre
Medium
Pandanus, natural dyes (noni root), wild banana leaf
Place Created
North Bougainville District, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Credit Line
Purchased 2018 with funds from Professor Susan Street AO through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

Geometric designs in red and black embroidered onto Sinsu identify the clan to which the wearer belongs. The most ornately decorated capes, known as A’Poa, are worn by the three highest ranking chiefs, including the clan’s Queen. These textiles are decorated with the designs from all four clans.

Triangular designs in red and black found along the top of a chief’s cape (from the plain Tulbus to the decorated A’Poa) are known as Kaliana. Decorated Sinsu without the Kaliana can be worn by A Hatutu (second in line).

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© Nakas Clan

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