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Show PRIMITIVE~PAPERMAKIN 3 trees, s distributed among the workers throughout the islands, who hav adnopartin theculivationor reparatonaf theraw maeria In Tonga the growin of the bark and the makin of the finished tap (gafu)aremareor!cnmhgmus it and the completed product isa urches whereit isdivided amon snal likelythat the makin of thi ecome commercializ The beatingis undertaken by individual women artisans, who work beforetheir huts n good weathor and under shelter during the rainy seass ATongan Samoun bark paper beater which wasgiventothe write by Chief Faumuina of Lepea, Upolu, Samoa. The orfginal i i toen tnbis e e i s While the old Hawaiian used a hand-hewn anvil, or beating block, of sym metricalshap and studied form,the Tonguese Lk theJavaness hav mployed asimpl about[x[menfenm]eng(h flattened along th e known in the Tonga e aandremamsmplacefm of the home panu and Samon the anvil isalo calle tutua,an e tua, which weuldshowa rigin of the term alsnapplyiomanvntherappeflalmnsanclvnE:mandMe nesia used in the makingof bark-paper "The beaters e malets(liehof Xonga areidentical with those of Samo wheretheyareknownasie,andaremadeof heavy, dark-brown w:wood. Th ‘Tongan-Samoan mallets differ in shape fro all others, and co grooves orthe widh of the fues than theseofany other Faciteni s ol tht e nai mad the beaers but L Rave neve seen LT e e kg ar Neiafi, Vavau,tol mehe likedthesoun du(thebe:mng,bu«becouldno(pufermrhems himself,asit wastoosteady and t TheTongan: wemenbeatzrssxthv[oret}:e Toganvils, cross.selegsed upo bana ass mats. Around the logs are strewn leaves and grasse (okeepxhebea(enbfir ombeingsoile by comingincantactwith thedust und. The constant tap, tap, tap, 2 hollowresonan sound, can be hear Digital Imag © 2004 University of Utah. All rights reserved |