Kapa...

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Wrapping the stripped barkcloth of the wauke, or Mulberry tree, around her hand to dip into the calabash of water...

Soaking the wauke bark in the water...

Stretching it back out...

Laying it out on the kapa anvil to beat with the kapa beater. The hohoa...

Flattening out to make barkcloth for clothing, sheets, blankets, and many other beautiful Native uses...

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