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paperback. Zustand: Fine. **PAPERBACK**.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A very clean copy. A comprehensive illustrated study of tapa, the traditional barkcloth produced throughout the Pacific. Drawing extensively on Auckland Museum's collection, it examines the materials and techniques used to make and decorate tapa and surveys regional traditions across Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Niue, the Cook Islands, Tahiti, Hawaii, New Zealand, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. It also explores tapa's cultural significance and its use in clothing, ceremony, weddings, funerals, dance and ornament, from historic examples collected by early European voyagers to contemporary work.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. The history and craft of Tapa cloth in the cultures of the Pacific islands from the extensive collection of the Auckland Museum. Profusely illustrated with colour reproductions. Light wear to covers. No marks to inside pages. No crease to spine. Binding is firm. 159 pages. s185.…