thumb|Alphonse Pellion, Îles Sandwich; Maisons de Kraïmokou, Premier Ministre du Roi; Fabrication des Étoffes (c. 1819), Depicting High Chiefess Likelike (wife of Kalanimoku)|Likelike, the wife of [[Kalanimoku beating kapa cloth.]] Kapa is a fabric made by native Hawaiians from the bast fibres of certain species of trees and shrubs in the orders Rosales and Malvales. The bark is beaten and felted to achieve a soft texture and dye stamped in geometric patterns.
thumb|Alphonse Pellion, Îles Sandwich; Maisons de Kraïmokou, Premier Ministre du Roi; Fabrication des Étoffes (c. 1819), Depicting High Chiefess Likelike (wife of Kalanimoku)|Likelike, the wife of [[Kalanimoku beating kapa cloth.]] Kapa is a fabric made by native Hawaiians from the bast fibres of certain species of trees and shrubs in the orders Rosales and Malvales. The bark is beaten and felted to achieve a soft texture and dye stamped in geometric patterns.
==Description and uses== thumb|right|Hawaiian kapa, 18th century, Cook-Foster Collection at Georg-August University in Göttingen, Germany Similar to tapa found elsewhere in Polynesia (the Hawaiian phoneme corresponds to in most other Polynesian languages), kapa differs in the methods used in its creation. Kapa designs primarily consist of creative combinations of linear elements that cross and converge to form squares, triangles, chevrons, and diagonal forms, giving a feeling of boldness and directness. Kapa was used primarily for clothing like the malo worn by men as a loincloth and the pāū worn by women as a wraparound. Kapa was also used for , a shawl or cape worn over one shoulder. Other uses for kapa depended on caste and a person's place in ancient Hawaiian society.
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