Tongan White Tapa Cloth Size:12 Foot Length Once cleaned

Once cleaned

Pre-shrunk to make sure your size is maintained throughout several washes

• Bag 15" x 15" (38

the Huahine Headband features handcrafted young bleached coconut leaves (niau blanc) woven

Tongan White Tapa Cloth Size:12 Foot Length Once cleanedSimple. Classic. Traditional. Tapa, or ngatu, as it is called in Tonga, was used as clothing by the Polynesians of long ago. It was used in traditional ceremonies and given as a gift for special occassions including weddings. The process for making such a valuable and useful handicraft is a labor intensive process. It starts with the growing, cultivating and harvesting of the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree (hiapo). Once cleaned, the strips of