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Bark Cloth

Maker Unknown, Republic of Fiji

DateLate 20th C.

MediumInner bark, mulberry saplings

Dimensions37” L x 26” W

Credit LineGift of Richard Arnold

Object numberOC2009.07.ARN

DescriptionMasi kesa (tapa bark cloth), painted primarily white and black with a broad ochre-colored inner border. The design is concentric rectangles, each filled with geometric designs, including whole and split diamonds, X-forms, and hatch marks. On verso stamped “Handicrafts of Fiji Cooperative Limited” and “Namuka”

ClassificationsTextiles

Collections

Collections On View (Longyear Museum of Anthropology)

Exhibitions

Entangled Intimacies

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