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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 594438, member: 2844&quot;]That is an absolutely gorgeous masi, so yes, it is a tapa cloth from Fiji. I&#039;m with Taupou, it looks like it could be mid century. It has clearly been used, which is good.</p><p>Fijian tapa is called masi, which is the name of the tree they used the bark of for tapa in centuries past. They don&#039;t use masi bark anymore, they have been using paper mulberry bark for quite some time now, just like in most other tapa making Pacific nations.</p><p>For the decoration the maker used a combination of stamps, stencils, and handpainting. The stencils, for instance for the flower border around the central rectangle, would have been hand cut from fresh palm leaves for this masi. There is a lot of symbolism in your masi, mostly from nature but also haircomb motifs like these:</p><p><img src="http://www.dunbarsloane.co.nz/sites/default/files/auctionimages/78/78-array_217.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>There is a lot I don&#039;t know about, I am still learning.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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