Set against the backdrop of Tonga's rich culture, Agnesi shares her excitement about the royal visit of King Tupu IV and Queen Mat, and the significance of tapa cloth, a traditional fabric made ...

Ngatu, siapo, aute, masi, tapa… just some of the names from across the Pacific for barkcloth which reflect the rich variety ...

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 ...

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 ...