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[[File:Bashofu.jpg|right|thumb|320px|An example of ''baasaa'' cloth, on display at the British Museum]]

[[File:Bashofu.jpg|right|thumb|320px|An example of ''baasaa'' cloth, on display at the British Museum]]

*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 芭蕉布 ''(bashoufu / baasaa)''

*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 芭蕉布 ''(bashoufu / baasaa jin)''

''Bashôfu'', or ''baasaa'' in [[Okinawan language|Okinawan]], is cloth made from the fibers of a particular type of banana plant. The ''ito bashô'', or "thread banana," as it is called, is different from the type which produces edible fruit, and while the plant is not originally indigenous to the Ryukyus, and even today grows only in areas of human habitation, ''bashôfu'' cloth is nevertheless unique to Ryukyuan culture; it is not produced or used in other cultures, e.g. in Southeast Asia.

''Bashôfu'', or ''baasaa'' in [[Okinawan language|Okinawan]], is cloth made from the fibers of a particular type of banana plant. The ''ito bashô'', or "thread banana," as it is called, is different from the type which produces edible fruit, and while the plant is not originally indigenous to the Ryukyus, and even today grows only in areas of human habitation, ''bashôfu'' cloth is nevertheless unique to Ryukyuan culture; it is not produced or used in other cultures, e.g. in Southeast Asia.