condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Collections Online

Collections record

discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml

Masi Vulavula

human history
  • Other Name

    Bark cloth (English)

  • Description

    Masi Vulavula. Plain 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). Using water as the binding agent, strips of masi are felted together.

    The Masi Vulavula consists of four pieces glued together at ends, forming one piece. Across the masi are zigzig-like patterns, formed from the shaped cutting at ends of the masi segments.

  • Place
    Fiji
  • Accession Number
    1924.158
  • Accession Date
    1924
  • Other Id

    9517 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

Masi vulavula, 1924.158, 9517, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more

Images and documents

Images

  • Masi vulavula, 1924.158, 9517, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Masi vulavula, 1924.158, 9517, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Masi vulavula, 1924.158, 9517, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Masi vulavula, 1924.158, 9517, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Masi vulavula, 1924.158, 9517, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Masi vulavula, 1924.158, 9517, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Masi vulavula, 1924.158, 9517, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Masi vulavula, 1924.158, 9517, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply

Artefact

The development of the Auckland War Memorial Museum online collection is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

The gift of curiosity

With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round.

SEE OPTIONS FROM $60

The gift of curiosity