PLATK 20. 



Tahitian Tapa. 



The upper specimen is from the Hritisli Museum : crimson stamped on yellow. 

 The lower one is apparentlv' stamped with the cut stem of some ensiform leaf, 

 brown (origiuall}' crimson?) on yellow. It hails from Pitcairn's Island where the 

 mutineers of the Bounty took refuge with their Tahitian women. The large ser- 

 rated strip is pasted on. 



