Tapa cl(jth, made from Uic iniKsr hark ul' the paper nmlberry tree beaten out thin, is used in many parts of 

 the tropical world. 'J'he upper specimen, from Hawaii, is probably painted by hand; the lower, from Fiji, 

 probably printed by a rude plate-printing method, in which strings were fastened on bark to form a design 

 and dye was applied, after which the pattern was transferred to the material by pressure. The coloring is 

 black and white, or black, red, and white 

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