Bark-cloth making is an ancient craft of the Baganda people who live in the Buganda kingdom in southern Uganda. Traditionally, craftsmen of the Ngonge clan, headed by a kaboggoza, the hereditary chief ...

Makulata and her husband, Taatoa, earn extra income by selling their siapo through hotels and small shops, and demonstrating the craft to tourists. Turning bark into fine cloth - Makulata Faatoafe ...

The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed of xylem cells that conduct water from the roots to the upper parts of the tree. That woody section is ...

Using a stockpile of bark that he gets from friends and family, Pekkarinen crafts whatever comes into his mind. “You can make whatever your imagination will allow,” he says, showing off a ...