PACIFIC TAPA by Roger Neich & Mick Prendergast (9781869533458)
Roger Neich & Mick Prendergast
Release Date: Feb 2005 Publisher: DAVID BATEMAN LTD ISBN: 9781869533458 ISBN-10: 1869533453
The manufacture of tapa, barkcloth, is an ancient art which has been practised for thousands of years. Auckland Museum's collection of tapa cloth from around the Pacific is one of the most extensive in the world and forms the basis of this comprehensive survey. Pacific Tapa presents a complete range of the art, from cloth brought back from the first voyages by Europeans to the Pacific to contemporary examples.