Materials and Supplies

• TAPA (from tree bark)

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Tapa

• TAPA (from tree bark)
• Polynesian
• cloth like
• inner bark of tree - can use variety of tree types primarily mulbery family

Process:

• soak bark
• pound into sheets

Forms of tapa used

• Pacific
• South American
• Central American
• African
• South East Asian
• Hawaiian- for ceremonial clothing, burial wrapping, bandages, bedding