In Fiji, this linen-like barkcloth is called Masi ... The inner-bark (known at this raw stage as tapa) is soaked and softened in water. When it's become slightly pulpy, Taatoa lays it on a ...

The film follows a 12-year-old girl named Agnesi Aafi from the Kingdom of Tonga, as she prepares for her cousin Fanny's wedding. Set against the backdrop of Tonga's rich culture, Agnesi shares her ...

It was given to Kew in 1881 as an example of barkcloth, similar to the tapa cloth of the Pacific. The heavily folded jacket was treated in 2006 by Konstantinos Chatziantoniou, a student at the ...