Not Quite Extinct: Melanesian Barkcloth ('tapa') from Western Solomon Islands

1901 MUSEUM VICTORIA Auckland Museum bark Barkcloth Beaters blue cloth blue dye Bogotu bonito bonito fish Brenchley Collection Brigham British Museum British Museum cloth buga CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA OF CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA THE UNIVERSITY Cloth MVM colour crossed decorated barkcloths decorated cloth designs DIEGO OF CALIFORNIA DIEGO THE LIBRARIES DIEGO THE UNIVERSITY dugong duvi dyed frigate birds FRIZELLE Georgia Gizo Graham Officer grooves Guadacanal H motifs Honiara Museum Image Kenneth Roga knob kombiri beater kustom stori LIBRARIES SAN DIEGO Lungga Makira Malaita Marovo Melanesian Mondo MUSEUM VICTORIA Otago Museum panels PHOTO piece Pienuna popolo provenanced Ranongga Reuben Lilo RHYS RICHARDS Round Roviana Roviana Lagoon rows Rubiana SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO LIBRARIES Santa Isabel Simbo Simbo Island Solomon Islands Square Suluana tapa cloth traditional undecorated UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES SAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY Vella Lavella Vezi village Virginia Bond western Solomons white cloth women worn