About Fijian Magimagi Lashing
Fijian magimagi is coconut-husk coir twisted and plaited into sennit cord, then wound as lalava decorative lashing that binds the timbers of a bure house. Documented colours are natural tan and golden coir alongside a deep black drawn from soaking the fibre in mangrove mud.
The diamond lashing bands alternate natural and dyed cord over dark hardwood poles — a structural craft that is simultaneously pure geometric pattern. This system honours that woven, fibrous rhythm rather than flattening it into a blank field.
- Origin
- Oceania — Fiji
- Era
- pre-1900 (traditional Fijian building craft; lalava lashing continuous to present)
- Key figures
- Fijian master builders (matai ni vale) · lalava lashing artisans · bure house craftsmen
- Movements
- Pacific vernacular architecture · bure construction · sennit (magimagi) lashing · lalava decorative binding
Fijian Magimagi Lashing design spec
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