48. Fashion in Focus: Tuno Bark Cloth

Welcome to Unravel's new minisode series: Fashion in Focus. Each FIF will detail the brief history of a garment, accessory or textile. In this FIF Jasmine talks about her research on Afro-descendant and indigenous dress in the Mosquito (Miskito) coast of Nicaragua and discusses the history of tuno (tunu) cloth. Tuno cloth is a bark cloth that is made by Miskito and the Mayangna indigenous groups in the Mosquito coast of Nicaragua a territory which extends from the eastern coast of Nicaragua and to southern part of Honduras. Image: Display of contemporary ensembles made from tuno cloth. Courtesy of CDAPI Facebook. Center for the Autonomy and Development of Indigenous Peoples (CADPI): www.cadpi.org/ CADPI Facebook: www.facebook.com/cadpi.info/ Website: www.unravelpodcast.com Instagram: @unravelpodcast Twitter: @unravelpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/unravelpodcast/ Pinterest: Unravel: a fashion podcast www.pinterest.com/afashionpodcast/ Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/unravel-podcast In the mood for giving our GoFundMe is still open: www.gofundme.com/csaunravel2017 Waller Gallery Website www.wallergallery.com/ Waller Gallery Instagram: @wallergallery Help Jasmine get to the Progressive Connextions Conference in Palermo GoFundme: www.gofundme.com/nicadress

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