Barkcloth, ′ahu, from the Society Islands (probably Tahiti); part of the Forster collection (Forster 13; 1886.1.1248)
A large piece of fine, white barkcloth, made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry, Brousonettia papyrifera
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Electron microscope image of fibres from barkcloth
Ashmolean labels
Forster label |