Joe Loux. | Joe Loux presents a rare tapa cloth from Fiji made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree.
Joe Loux offers a rare tapa cloth from Fiji made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree. Joe Loux is a specialist in authentic, antique art from Polynesia.
Fiji, Polynesia, Polynesian art, Tapa cloth, masi kesa, paper mulberry bark, bark cloth, stenciled pattern, tribal textile.
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  • Joe Loux presents a Tapa cloth from Fiji known as 'masi kesa'. It is made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree and decorated with stenciled patterns.
  • Joe Loux presents a Tapa cloth from Fiji known as 'masi kesa'. It is made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree and decorated with stenciled patterns (detail)
  • Joe Loux presents a Tapa cloth from Fiji known as 'masi kesa'. It is made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree and decorated with stenciled patterns (detail)
  • Joe Loux presents a Tapa cloth from Fiji known as 'masi kesa'. It is made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree and decorated with stenciled patterns (detail).
  • Joe Loux presents a Tapa cloth from Fiji known as 'masi kesa'. It is made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree and decorated with stenciled patterns (detail).
  • Joe Loux presents a Tapa cloth from Fiji known as 'masi kesa'. It is made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree and decorated with stenciled patterns (detail).

Tapa Cloth from Fiji.

Tapa Cloth or Masi Kesa
Fiji
Late 19th century
Tapa made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry decorated with stenciled motifs.
Price on request

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Date

10 October 2024

Category

recent acquisitions, textiles