Tapa Cloth, 1800-1825, 30 13/16 x 62 in. ( x cm), Bark, pigment, United States, 19th century, Barkcloth (tapa) was made throughout Oceania and used in the same context as woven fabric. To make the cloth, the inner bark of a mulberry tree was harvested, soaked, and beaten with a short club

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