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Length of barkcloth decorated with abstract line drawings in natural pigments: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Efe Mbuti people, 20th century

Length of barkcloth decorated with abstract line drawings in natural pigments: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Efe Mbuti people, 20th century

Section of barkcloth ('ahu) in two layers, upper layer is black: Polynesian, Society Islands, Polynesia, 18th - early 19th century

White barkcloth (masi), possibly used as a curtain or mosquito net: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, mid - late 19th century

Barkcloth (masi), used for dresses: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, 19th century, pre-1857

Barkcloth (masi), used for male turbans: Polynesia, Fiji, 19th century, pre-1857

Barkcloth: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, early - mid 19th century

Piece of unprinted barkcloth: Polynesia, Fiji, 19th century

A piece of masi (barkcloth) in the masi bolabola style with painted decoration in dark brown and red, with bands of vertical stripes, diagonal chevrons, four eight-pointed stars, and striped diagonal fringing along the longest edges: Polynesia, Fiji, late 19th century

Rectangular sheet of barkcloth: Pacific Peoples, possibly from Fiji, late 19th century

Sheet of white barkcloth with all except the margin at one side stamped with herring-bone, chevron and zigzag ornament in panels in brick red: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, late 19th century

Rectangular sheet of barkcloth, probably used as a wall hanging: Polynesia, Fiji, early 20th century

Rectangular sheet of barkcloth, two-thirds stamped with an all-over pattern in brown: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, early 20th century

Barkcloth, consisting of long rectangular strip, fringed at the sides and painted in black: Polynesia, Fiji

Barkcloth (masi), stencilled in black and brown: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, Lau Group, Moce Island, 1982

Barkcloth decorated with geometrical and designs in black, dark red and brown on natural ground: Polynesia, Fiji, 19th century, before 1857