Primitive papermaking; an account of a Mexican sojourn and of a voyage to the Pacific islands in search of information, implements, and specimens relating to the making & decorating of bark-paper, by Dard Hunter.

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PART 111~~~ THE MAKING OF BARK-PAPER IN LOCALITIE WHERE THIS MATERIAL WAS ONCF FABR[CA] ED, BU WHERE NOW REMAINS NO TRAC AND WHER ITS MEMOR O THIS OLD CRAF HAS PASSED INTO OBLIVIO WV cansot examine the exquisie native crafsmansbipo theancient Havajians withoutasincere gt that th present day would hase difculty duplicatingIn Havwasasin theathe island of the Pacific, the natives made their bark paper for clothingand fo use in their homes, It was important, indeed essential, with them as the oon c in these islands for more than seventy years. Todaynot a vestigeof anythingeelatingto hisindustry remain and, aside from exbibitsinmuseurns sted e o plams and trees which furnished s hietat fibre for the making of tapa. these were native t islands,such as the wild mamaki h!ub(l'lp(urus SRR (Neraudia me]nswmaefoha and the maalo (Boehmeria stipata). The alsomade use of the uly,,oxbnad[ru:ume(Axlocaxpuxmcuz) butthe bes bark for the making of tapa was derived, as in Java, from a species of th Paber sanliien Wbl e aifvedcalleL paie amdranke Aad VLick e e s e DIkfra ATl o L 1o UL o e o octor Berthol per mulberry has never been found wil and it is ‘here the tree originated. During the days of tapa but now they are found only where bark-paper is still made. e hundre igital Imag © 2004 University of Utah. All rights reserved