Barkcloth "masi bolabola" ·  Fidji Islands · ID: 3040151

Description

bark cloth or “masi” is made from the bark of the Paper Mulberry tree “Broussentia papyrifera”, pounded, the strips joined, and pounded again until thin and supple; designs were then painted and stencilled on the bark by hand, using a variety of earth colours (dark red and black), present object with fringes and zigzag-hem, old label: “Jaruwa” Cloth from Fiji. from H. Anson Feb 23/89", slightly dam (rim), small holes, fringes missing in parts

The object Barkcloth “masi bolabola” with the object ID 3040151 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 85.

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Comparing literature

Kaeppler, Adrienne, Polynesia, Honolulu 2010, p. 216 f.