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  2. Barkcloth - Wikipedia

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    Barkcloth or bark cloth is a versatile material that was once common in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. Barkcloth comes primarily from trees of the family Moraceae, including Broussonetia papyrifera, Artocarpus altilis, Artocarpus tamaran, and Ficus natalensis. It is made by beating sodden strips of the fibrous inner bark of these trees into ...

  3. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    Bark cloth: Bark cloth has ceremonial and ritual importance for the Baganda in Uganda as well as in Cameroon and the Congo. It is one of the first fabrics made in tropical areas of Sub-saharan Africa, specifically Central Africa. Bark from the tropical fig tree is stripped from the tree once a year and then sustainably regrows.

  4. Bark cloth - Wikipedia

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    Bark cloth may refer to: Barkcloth, made from tree bark in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific; also a variety of cotton cloth; Cedar bark textile, used by indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest; Tapa cloth, a cloth made from the bark of the paper mulberry tree; Amate, a Mesoamerican bark paper, typically made with the bark of fig (ficus) trees

  5. Ficus natalensis - Wikipedia

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    These trees are distributed from north-eastern South Africa to Uganda and Kenya. It is a popular species to cultivate as bonsai due to its fast growth and hardy nature. The bark of the tree is harvested, without harming the tree, to make barkcloth, an environmentally-friendly, renewable material. Skilled artisans incorporate this unique fabric ...

  6. Category:African clothing - Wikipedia

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  7. Aso oke - Wikipedia

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    Aso Oke sewn into Agbada outfit and Fila Traditional Yoruba women's garment. Aso oke fabric, (Yoruba: aṣọ òkè, pronounced ah-SHAW-okay) is a hand-woven cloth that originated from the Yoruba people of Yorubaland within today's Nigeria, Benin and Togo.

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