Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Material approaches to Polynesian barkcloth : cloth, collections, communities
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Sidestone Press
Place
Date
2020?
Physical Description
342 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9088909717
9789088909719
9088909725
9789088909726
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
PART I. Tapa as fabric: bast and colourants -- 1. The procurement, cultural value and fabric characteristics of Polynesian tapa species / Andy Mills -- 2. Technical variation in historical Polynesian tapa manufacture / Andy Mills -- 3. Breadfruit tapa: not always second best / Michele Austin Dennehy, Jean Chapman Mason, Adrienne L. Kaeppler -- 4. A new perspective on understanding Hawaiian kapa making / Lisa Schattenburg-Raymond -- 5. Polynesian tapa colourants / Andy Mills, Taoi Nooroa, Allan Tuara -- 6. Hawaiian dyes and kapa pigments: a modern perspective and brief analysis of the historic record / Lisa Schattenburg-Raymond
PART II. Understanding tapa in time and place -- 7. Towards a regional chronology of Polynesian barkcloth manufacture / Andy Mills -- 8. Living with tapa and the social life of ritual objects / Adrienne L. Kaeppler -- 9. West Polynesian dyes and decorations as cultural signatures / Adrienne L. Kaeppler -- 10. 'A classification of Tongan ngatu': change and stability in Tongan barkcloth forms since 1963 / Billie Lythberg -- 11. White for purity, brown for beautiful like us and black because it is awesome / Fanny Wonu Veys -- 12. Barkcloth from the islands of Walis ('Uvea) and Futuna / Helene Guiot -- 13. Barkcloth in the Maori world / Patricia Te Arapo Wallace -- 14. 'Ahu Sistas: reclaiming history, telling our stories / Pauline Reynolds, Jean Clarkson -- 15. 'Tataki 'e he Lea: guided language / Tui Emma Gillies, Sulieti Fieme'a Burrows
PART III. Tapa in collections and the community -- 16. The Hunterian's Polynesian barkcloth collection / Andy Mills -- 17. From maker to museum: Polynesian barkcloth at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Mark Nesbitt, Brittany Curtis, Andy Mills -- 18. Smithsonian Institution barkcloth collections / Adrienne L. Kaeppler -- 19. 'Holomua ka Hana Kapa': a symposium on caring for kapa and kapa makers at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, December 2017 / Alice Christophe -- 20. Fiji Masi and the Auckland Museum Pacific Collection Access Project / Fuli Pereira, Leone Samu Tui -- 21. Shown to full advantage: conservation and mounting of barkcloth for display in the 'Shifting Patterns: Pacific Barkcloth Clothing' exhibition at the British Museum / Monique Pullan -- 22. Conservation as part of 'situating Pacific barkcloth in time and place': improving preservation, enhancing access and sharing knowledge / Frances Lennard, Reggie Meredith Fitiao, Su'a Tupuola Uilisone Fitiao, Ruby Antonowicz-Behnan, Beth Knight -- Afterword: Polynesian barkcloth past, present, future / Mark Nesbitt, Frances Lennard, Andy Mills.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Textile fabrics--History--Pacific Area]
Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes chapter on Auckland Museum's Pacific Collection Access Project (PCAP): 20. Fiji Masi and the Auckland Museum Pacific Collection Access Project / Fuli Pereira, Leone Samu Tui (pp.269-278).
Collection Type
Ethnology Library
Conservation Library
Last Update
06 Dec 2024
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