Material Approaches to Polynesian Barkcloth Cloth, Collections, Communities.

Material Approaches to Polynesian Barkcloth Cloth, Collections, Communities.

Barkcloth or tapa, a cloth made from the inner bark of trees, was widely used in place of woven cloth in the Pacific islands until the 19th century. A ubiquitous material, it was integral to the lives of islanders and used for clothing, furnishings and ritual artefacts. Material Approaches to Polyne...

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Main Author: Lennard, F.
Other Authors: Mills, A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Sidestone Press, 2020
Subjects:
Tapa.
Polynesia.
Textile fabrics.
tapa (bark cloth)
cloth.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Image Credits
  • Biographies
  • Introduction
  • Frances Lennard
  • TAPA AS FABRIC: BAST AND COLOURANTS
  • 1
  • The Procurement, Cultural Value and Fabric Characteristics of Polynesian Tapa Species
  • Andy Mills
  • Plant Profile 1: Fibre
  • Plant Profile 2: Fibre, latex
  • Mark Nesbitt
  • 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
  • Plant Profile 3: Fibre
  • Plant Profile 4: Fibre
  • Mark Nesbitt
  • A New Perspective on Understanding Hawaiian Kapa Making
  • Lisa Schattenburg-Raymond
  • 5
  • Polynesian Tapa Colourants
  • Andy Mills, Taoi Nooroa, Allan Tuara
  • Plant Profile 5: Fibre
  • Plant Profile 6: Fibre
  • Mark Nesbitt
  • 6
  • Hawaiian Dyes and Kapa Pigments: A Modern Perspective and Brief Analysis of the Historic Record
  • Lisa Schattenburg-Raymond
  • 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
  • Plant Profile 7: Fibre
  • Plant Profile 8: Starch (glue)
  • Mark Nesbitt
  • 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
  • Plant Profile 9: Red dye
  • Plant Profile 10: Black dye
  • Mark Nesbitt
  • 12
  • Barkcloth from the Islands of Wallis ('Uvea) and Futuna
  • Hélène Guiot
  • 13
  • Barkcloth in the Māori World
  • Patricia Te Arapo Wallace
  • 14
  • 'Ahu Sistas: Reclaiming History, Telling our Stories
  • Pauline Reynolds, Jean Clarkson
  • Plant Profile 11: Yellow dye
  • Turmeric Curcuma longa L. ZINGIBERACEAE
  • Plant Profile 12: Yellow dye
  • Mark Nesbitt
  • 15
  • 'Tataki ʻe he Leá: Guided Language'
  • Tui Emma Gillies, Sulieti Fiemeʻa Burrows
  • 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 and Andy Mills
  • Plant Profile 13: Red dye, fibre
  • Plant Profile 14: Red dye
  • Tou Cordia subcordata Lam. BORAGINACEAE
  • Plant Profile 15: Red dye, wood
  • Mark Nesbitt
  • 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
  • Plant Profile 16: Red-brown dye
  • Plant Profile 17: Brown dye
  • Mark Nesbitt
  • 21

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