Name/Title
Traditional tapa textiles of the PacificEntry/Object ID
NK8896.P6.N45Description
The manufacture of tapa cloth, made from the inner bark of certain trees, is one of the most distinctive products of the cultures of the Pacific islands. In several parts of Melanesia from New Guinea to Vanuatu in Fiji and on most of the high islands of Polynesia from Hawaii to Tahiti, the Marquesas, Tonga, Samoa, Niue, the Cook Islands and New Zealand, the manufacture of barkcloth is an ancient craft which has been practised for thousands of years.Collection
Carol Westfall CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
bark painting, carol westfall collection, tapa, tapa--polynesia, textile fabrics--islands of the pacificBook Details
Author
Roger Neich, Mick Pendergrast, Krzysztof PfeifferPublisher
Thames & HudsonDate Published
1998Call No.
NK8896.P6.N45ISBN
500279896, 9780500279892LCCN
97061529Notes
Length: 160