Bark cloth, Medium: Broussonetia bark Technique: beaten bark fiber, rubbed and hand painted Label: beaten and rubbed Broussonetia bark, hand-painted, Large panel of tapa cloth. Thick white fabric made from beaten bark, painted in rust and brown in design of three rows of rectangles enclosing striated angular forms. Rows are divided by stripes of diamond pattern., Samoa, 19th or early 20th century, non-woven textiles, Bark cloth