Fiji, Laying out a 'masi' clothA group of Fijian women lay out a finished 'masi' or 'tapa' cloth, made from the bark of the paper mulberry tree (Broussonetia papyrifera). Once completed, tapa is painted or dyed with patterns and motifs, and used for traditional clothing or decoration. Caption reads: Making an enormous Tapa cloth (from the bark of the Mulberry tree), 1965. 2005/010/1/14/93.

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Laying out a 'masi' cloth

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Keywords: clothing, completed, decoraticaptireads:, dyed, enormous, making, motifs, painted, patterns, tapcloth, tapis, traditional