Appraisal: 19th C. Fiji Tapa Cloth & Club GUEST: The, uh, club and the tapa cloth were given to my great-grandparents by the man in the photograph, uh, Ratu Meli, in, we think, 1926 in Fiji.

At the Chattanooga ROADSHOW in July 2008, I talked with a guest named George from Ringgold, Georgia, who had brought in a 19th-century tapa cloth and club from Fiji, originally given to his great ...

TURBANS OF SOFT, WHITE TAPA, VERY THIN. "SARA", BARK CLOTH OF FINE TEXTURE WORN BY MEN OF THE FIJI IS." THE ABOVE INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41." Peale catalogue identifies ...

Fijian tapa cloth or masi is made from tree bark which is beaten until soft and pliable and then the sheets are interwoven, and plaited until a mat is made. It is then painted or dyed with traditional ...

The new brandmark draws on a series of masi motifs, an artform closely identified with Fijian cultural heritage and identity (common across many Pacific Island states, this artform is also known as ...

The Fijian tapa cloth hanging on the wall is made from mulberry bark. These items come from Milne Bay, the southeast part of New Guinea. “It’s the only place I know that makes these sorts of ...