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Printed and painted bark cloth.
Also known as: Barkcloth pattern, Kapa pattern, Masi design
The Pacific bark-cloth decoration applied in named geometric patterns by rubbing, printing and painting.
Decorate beaten bark cloth across Polynesia in named geometric patterns.
Contexts: History, Public information
Patterns and their names differ between island groups, and in several traditions the right to use a particular pattern rests with a family or a rank rather than with whoever makes the cloth.
Contexts: History, Public information
Applied partly by rubbing the cloth over a carved design board, so the pattern is reproduced rather than drawn and a board can outlive the maker and go on producing.
Contexts: History, Public information
Geometric figures of triangles, chevrons, grids and bands laid out in registers across a beaten bark sheet, applied by rubbing over a carved board, by stencil and by hand.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.