General. The general name for bark cloth in Aitutaki is pahoa. The commonly-known name of tapa is not known. There is a distinction of name between the cloth made from different trees. That from the breadfruit tree is inaina, and that from the banyan, hora. We have seen that the loin-cloth or maro made from the papako tree is termed a maro papako.

An individual distinction in name was derived from the different processes of dyeing to which the pahoa was subjected. The kinds described were seven, hapaha, pungavere, rarua, pahoa verevere ki te repo, piri, pareu and inaina. It is more convenient to describe the various dyes and processes under the heading of the kind of cloth with which they are used.