Bark cloth, called fuya in Indonesia, was made by many ancient civilisations before the time of woven textiles. In Southeast Asia some island communities continued to make bark cloth for clothing into the twentieth century, mainly in eastern Indonesia, notably Borneo and Sulawesi. The inner bark of trees such as pandanus and mulberry, is stripped from the outer bark and beaten with wooden tools to make a soft cloth. Depending on the tree the bark may be courser in which case the bark is boiled and fermented to make a pulp and then beaten. This jacket is of an extinct style and has scrolling design (featuring an Aso-like creature) embroidered onto it. It is lined and edged with European textiles and decorated with trade beads.
