Usage examples (29)

• A fine piece of tappa from the Solomons, of barbaric design in black and orange, made the centre of an arrangement of South Sea Island and aboriginal weapons.
• (Applause) One of the interesting exhibits is a wall-covering made of tappa, which is cloth manufactured by native women from the bark of the paper-mulberry tree.
• Among these the most important was the manufacture of the native cloth, -- 'tappa', -- so well known, under various modifications, throughout the whole Polynesian...
• Among these, the most important was the manufacture of the native cloth, — "tappa," — so well known, under various modifications, throughout the whole Polynesian...