Barkcloth (masi kesa)
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Thu, 07/30/2020 – 16:20
This sizable barkcloth was probably hung over a rope or beam to serve as a room divider in a large house.
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Short Title
Barkcloth (masi kesa)
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Tombstone
Fiji, Yasayasa Moala group, possibly Matuku Island, mid-19th century
Paper mulberry inner bark and pigment
Lent by Mark and Carolyn Blackburn
EX.8785.247 photo courtesy of the Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Source: lacma.org