6. Pareu.

The term pareu refers to a distinct type of cloth and is not derived from its being used as a kilt or pareu. In fact, it is used as a bed-cover and not as a kilt.

Treatment. The pahoa is soaked in the candle-nut mixture, vavai hiri, and dried, when it assumes a reddish-brown colour. On this background, black lines are drawn, with the black mud of a taro swamp as a pigment, and the pandanus kati hara as a brush. The lines are drawn freehand. According to my informants, they are straight and not curved.