Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Oct 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1899
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. C. H. Townsend
label: Donor Name
content: Charleston Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: BLACK ON WHITE. WAVY, STRAIGHT CROSS-HATCHED LINES, DIAMONDS, COG WHEELS. FRINGED.
label: Notes
content: Bark cloth is masi (Broussonetia papyrifera) which has been cut along two sides. Finely stencilled patterns in black are probably soot mixed with umea (deep brown colored clay) that is grated and mixed with brown or black dye obtained from kesa juice (sap of the koa tree (Bishopfia javanica)). Motifs include a long wavy motif, a line motif called tutuni masi, 8 sun motifs, other motifs are similar to drau drau dononu, baji ni ogo, and bika ni waqani (as described in Fiji Masi by C. Spicer & R. BB Me, 2008).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Jul 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Viti Levu Island, Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390861
label: USNM Number
content: E427355-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 101.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 68.2 cm