Masi Kesa
human history
Masi Kesa. Bark cloth that is patterned with bold geometric patterns, rendered in black dye. 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). Fragile condition.
Nama tāpiringa: 1992.266 Whakahounga o Mua: 9 Oct 2025
- Collection Area
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- akm.collections.field_type_title_label
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- Te reo Name
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- Ingoa Kōrero Noa
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- Ingoa Kē
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Barkcloth (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
- Cakaudrove District/Fiji
- Wāhi Hāngai
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- Field Collection Place
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- Wāhi Whāiti Taketake i Kohia ai
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- Rā Kohinga
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- Rā i Kohia i te Wāhi Taketake
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- Accession Number
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1992.266
- Rā Tāpiringa
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08 Sep 1992
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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54255 (ethnology)
- Momo Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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- Wāhanga
- Rūma Whakaatu
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- Herenga
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- Momo
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