PLATE 19. 



Tahitian Tapa. 



In the upper specimen the fern leaves are mingled with some other leaf which 

 I do not recognize : this is much reduced and from specimen in the British Museum. 



The lower is the more common fern arranged as a central pattern on a large 

 sheet. In both examples the stamp was originally a vivid crimson on bright 

 yellow. The lower pattern is in the author's possession and is much stained. 



