Tapa cloth
Barkcloth made in the island cultures of the Pacific Ocean / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tapa cloth (or simply tapa) is a barkcloth made in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, primarily in Tonga, Samoa and Fiji, but as far afield as Niue, Cook Islands, Futuna, Solomon Islands, Java, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Hawaii (where it is called kapa). In French Polynesia it has nearly disappeared, except for some villages in the Marquesas.
The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with Tonga and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (February 2022) |