Koto Tawake printing stencils onto bark cloth made by beating the inner white bark of the paper mulberry bush Namuka-I-Lau, Fiji

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Koto Tawake printing stencils onto bark cloth made by beating the inner white bark of the paper mulberry bush. The printed cloth is called "Masi" (aka malo or tapa). Leva was one of five women working together in a village hall. Women live in the only village on Namuka-I-Lau, southern Laus, Fiji.

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Size: 4050px × 2695px
Location: the only village on Namuka-I-Lau, southern Laus, Fiji.
Photo credit: © Mike Robinson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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