Masi Kesa
Masi Kesa. Long patterned masi (bark cloth) with togitogi (fringing) along the edges. 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). The pattern consists of multiple rows of bold geometric patterns, including possibly i-seru (comb) motif, as well as narrower rows of brown-coloured patterns. Ends of the Masi Kesa are decorated with brown-coloured borders consisting of many lines.
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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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24637.2 (ethnology)
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