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Masi Vulavula

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Bark cloth (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Masi Vulavula. Plain bark cloth with togitogi (fringing) along the edges and ends. 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).

  • Wāhi
    Fiji
  • Accession Number
    1930.136
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1930
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    4797 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

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  • Masi vulavula, 1930.136, 4797, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Masi vulavula, 1930.136, 4797, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Masi vulavula, 1930.136, 4797, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Masi vulavula, 1930.136, 4797, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Masi vulavula, 1930.136, 4797, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Masi vulavula, 1930.136, 4797, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Masi vulavula, 1930.136, 4797, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Jun 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Barkcloth, detail
  • Barkcloth, detail
  • bark cloth; 4797

Taonga

  • Rārangi Mihi
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1930.136, 4797
  • Kuputuhi e Wātea Tūmatanui ana

    'In old Fiji, particular care was taken in the production of fine white tapa known as masi vulavula which was carefully beaten out to muslin-like fineness to be worn by men as turbans, sashes and scarves. During beating, small twig holes were covered by pulling one edge of the hole across to the other and so creating a triangular patch. These were seen as a decorative element and were then created even where there was no hole.' Neich and Pendergrast, 'Pacific Tapa', 1997.

  • Takenga ā-Ahurea

    Fijian

  • Kaiwaihanga Matua

     unknown (Maker)

  • Wāhi
    Fiji
  • Rā
    Pre 1930
  • Tikanga Waihanga

    beaten

  • Waitohu/māka

    4797 (handwritten)

  • Pāoho

    bark cloth

  • Raraunga Ine

    2320mm

    810mm

  • Taumata whakarōpū

    Bark Cloth

    Textileworking T&E

    Tools & Equipment

  • Whakahounga o Mua
    18 Oct 2023
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