Barkcloth "masi bolabola", before 1920
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Barkcloth "masi bolabola", before 1920
Fidji Islands
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany | M: 90.6 inch x 17.3 inch | 800 EUR |
paper mulberry (Broussonetica papyrifera),
To make these cloths, the inner bark of the paper mulberry is stripped from the stem, soaked, beaten and felted to the required size. The painting with vegetable and mineral colors is done with stencils or freehand.
Hooper, Steven, Fiji, Norwich 2016, p. 158 ff.