1.   Later she went to Papua New Guinea and saw how people lined the ceilings of ceremonial houses with bark cloth.

2.   People are studying the Ainu language, which had almost died out, as well as old traditions such as weaving bark cloth or making dugout canoes.

3.   These early garments were made of native tapa, or bark cloth.

4.   Since the coups, Fiji has built itself an impressive new parliament, richly wooded in native Fijian timbers with large tapa or bark cloth hanging from the ceilings.