Information about caring for tapa can be found at the Bishop Museum web
site.  Following is the URL to the exact location.
http://www.bishop.hawaii.org/bishop/conservation/tapa.html

>     A member of one of our "Friends" groups has inquired
>     about how to take care of an 8 foot square piece of
>     cloth made from the Broussonetia papyrifera.  We
>     perceive this to be bark or tapa cloth, although we
>     have not seen the piece, and are unfamiliar with its
>     condition or appropriate care.  Can anyone out there
>     offer either a brief set of suggestions about the care
>     of such an item, or a lead to the proper reference so
>     that we can help this individual?
>
>     TIA
>
>     Chris Dill
>
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Angela Steiner Neller, Curator
Ill. Trans. Arch. Research Program
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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