Masi Seyavu
human history
Masi Seyavu. Long plain white bark cloth with togitogi (fringing) along the edges. The masi consists of a thin almost transluscent layer of masi, of several separate pieces, glued together at their ends to make a long overal length. Masi is made from bark stripped from the Vuni Masi (Paper mulberry) tree. The outer skin is removed and the inner bark (natural in colour) is soaked in a papasia (large wooden bowl). It is then laid out on a duadua (long wooden anvil) and beaten with an ike (bark cloth beater).
Accession number: 1939.127 Last Update: 15 Oct 2025
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Bark cloth (English)
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- Fiji
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1939.127
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20 Jun 1939
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24637.3 (ethnology)
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