Barkcloth (masi kesa)
Fiji, Yasayasa Moala group, possibly Matuku Island, mid-19th century
Paper mulberry inner bark and pigment
Lent by Mark and Carolyn Blackburn
EX.8785.247 photo courtesy of the Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
This sizable barkcloth was probably hung over a rope or beam to serve as a room divider in a large house.