Length of barkcloth decorated with abstract line drawings in natural pigments: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Efe Mbuti people, 20th century

Length of barkcloth decorated with abstract line drawings in natural pigments: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Efe Mbuti people, 20th century

Chowat or loin-cloth of bast (barkcloth), consisting of a long strip: Southeast Asia, Malayasia, Selangor, Ulu Klang District, Sakais, early 20th century

Blanket made of the inner bark of a tree, possibly barkcloth: Central America, Belize

Sample of paper made from bark, or barkcloth: North America, Mexico, Otomi, c. 1940

White waistband of tapa or barkcloth ornamented with guilloche: Polynesian, Tuvalu

Ok-ho or barkcloth used as clothing: Asia, South Asia, India, Nicobar Islands, late 19th century

Ok-ho or barkcloth worn as skirts by coast women when mourning: Asia, South Asia, India, Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar, late 19th - early 20th century

Girl's fringed poncho (tiputa) of printed tapa or barkcloth: Polynesian, Samoa

Curtain made from tapa or prepared barkcloth, coloured with yellow, brown and black: Polynesian, Samoa

Piece of barkcloth with brown circles on black ground: Pacific Peoples, Samoa

Curtain of barkcloth, painted in black with leafy, toothed and other patterns in oblong compartments divided by borders of crosses: Pacific Peoples, Samoa

Robe of barkcloth with four superposed sets of fringes, the whole painted in brown and yellow with horizontal bands and lines: Pacific Peoples, Samoa

Curtain of barkcloth painted in black and yellow on a white ground with a design of four-pointed stars, with the names of the makers, Lovine and Saomatie, painted on: Polynesian, Samoa, 19th century

Chief's dress or lava-lava of white barkcloth decorated in dark brown with zigzags and small figures: Polynesian, Samoa

Section of barkcloth ('ahu) in two layers, upper layer is black: Polynesian, Society Islands, Polynesia, 18th - early 19th century