Zuidzee uit de Doeken [Cloth from the South Seas]
Leiden: Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, [1974]. 18 black and white figures. Guide to an exhibition showing tapa barkcloth in the context of village life on Moce Island, Fiji. Uncommon. Dutch text.
Pacific Island Weavings
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Tapa in Tonga
Honolulu: Palm Frond Productions, [1995]. 50 small black and white figures. A general introduction to tapa bark cloth from the Kingdom of Tonga made by pounding the paper-mulberry tree. Discussed are production techniques, decorative patterns, and uses.
Maori Weaving: The Art of Creating Maori Textiles
Wellington: Huia Publishers, 2015. "Since their ancestors arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand and discovered the useful properties of harakeke (New Zealand flax), Maori have used flax leaves to create baskets, mats, housing materials, clothing and cords, ropes and fishing nets. In weaving and the patterns used, Maori record their histories...
Ka Hana Kapa: The Making of Bark-Cloth in Hawaii
Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint Co., 1911 (1976). 48 black and white plates, 131 illustrations in text, aging faded microfiche card in rear pocket showing the 48 color plates that were reproduced in black and white. This is the definitive study on Hawaiian bark cloth. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop...
Utopia, A Picture Story : 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection
Perth: Heytesbury Holdings, 1990. 133 color plates 90 black and white illustrations. A collection of silk batiks by aboriginal artists living in the eastern region of central Australia. Australia is one of the few places that did not have a native tradition of batik and was introduced as a commercial...
Ciba Review #33 Bark Fabrics of the South Seas
Basle: 1940. 41 black and white.
Palette No. 9 Spring 1962 Taniko Weaving of the New Zealand Maori
Basle: Sandoz, 1962. 10 color plates. Major article on Maori weaving. Other articles include "The Significance of Colour among Primitive People", Paint-A Magical Substance", Diffusion of Dyes in Relation to their Dyeing Mechanisms", and "The Disulphide Bond in Wool"
The Feather Skirt of Nahi'ena'ena: An Innovation in Postcontact Hawaiian Art
Auckland: The Polynesian Society, 1990. Major scholarly article in The Journal of the Polynesian Society Volume 100 No. 2 June 1991 on the largest known Hawaiian feather cloak. This pa'u made for Princess Nahi'ena'ena of Maui for the reception of the return of her brother King Kamehameha II from England in 1825. Unillustrated.
The Colour of Melanesia
London/Brussels: Conru Primitive Art, 1999. Dealer exhibition catalog with 33 objects illustrated in color including one tapa cloth from New Britain.
Tapa Samples from Polynesia
[Laie, Hawaii?]: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1979. Four actual samples of Tapa (3"x5") tipped in. Minimal text. The Institute for Polynesian Studies - Brigham Young University-Hawaii Campus publication.
Tayenebe: Tasmanian Aboriginal Women's Fibre Work
Hobart: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 2009. 69 illustrations, most in color. Museum exhibition catalog. "Tayenebe is an exhibition about Tasmanian Aboriginal women's historic and contemporary fibre work. Tayenebe is a word of the southeast Nueonne people of Bruny Island that means 'exchange' and the exhibition reveals three centuries of...
Containers of Power: Women with Clever Hands
Richmond, VIC: Utber and Patullo, 2010. 700 illustrations, most in color. An important study of the basketry and other non-loom fiber art of the Aboriginal Australian Yolngu people. "The most comprehensive and consummate insight yet published into the Indigenous fibre art of northeast Arnhem Land, Containers of Power investigates the...
Toi Maoru: The Eternal Thread - Te Aho Mutunga Kore
Porirua City: Pataka, [2004]. 8 color pllates. Pataka art museum exhibition pamphlet of contemporary Maori feathered cloaks in traditional designs. With list of artists.
Tapa in Polynesia
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1972. 449 black and white. Bishop Museum publication of bark-cloth and the tools used to make it. Most samples are from museum collections.
Tapa in Polynesia
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1972. 449 black and white. Bishop Museum publication of bark-cloth and the tools used to make it. Most samples are from museum collections.
Te Whatu Taaniko: Taaniko Weaving
Auckland: Reed Methuen, 1968 (1987). 36 black and white plates 136 figures.
The Funerary Tapa-Cloths of the Nakanai from New Britain / Les Tapa Funéraires des Nakanai de Nouvelle-Bretagne
Paris: Galerie Meyer, 1992. 18 black and white plates 5 figures 1 map. Dealer sales catalog of these ceremonial bark cloths from this Pacific island. Issue 11 of Travaux du Laboratoire forestier de Toulouse: Géographie forestière du monde. English/French text.
Kakahu: Maori Cloaks
Auckland: David Bateman Ltd, 1997. 26 illustrations, most in color. Museum exhibition catalog of these feather cloaks. Production quality is exceptional.
Polynesians and Pandanus: An Exhibition of the Ancient Art of Pandanus Preparation and Fabrication in Contemporary Polynesian Societies
Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1994. 10 black and white. Includes biographies of featured artists.
The Maori Mantle. Reprinted from the original limited edition published by the Bankfield Museum, Halifax, England. Together with The Maori Mantle, a review (1924) by Sir Peter Buck (Te Rangihiroa)
Carlton: Ruth Bean, 1979. 22 black and white 250 line drawings. Reprint of this important early study on the techniques of Maori weaving.
Fijian Masi: A Traditional Art Form
Greensboro, NC: Charles-Frederick Publishers, 1971 (1977). 74 monochrome illustrations and figures. Third edition of this uncommon work on bark-cloth from Fiji.
Aboriginal String Bags, Nets and Cordage
Melbourne: Museum Victoria, 2006 (2010). 20 black and white plates 51 figures. Uncommon. Scholarly. Extensive bibliography. "Based upon the author's fieldwork carried out on the Cape York Peninsula, this is a detailed study of bags, nets and cordage made by Australian Aborigines w/photos of the manufacturing process and detailed diagrams...
Talking Tapa: Pasifika Bark Cloth in Queensland
Southport: Keeaira Press, 2009. 58 color plates. "This comprehensive catalogue offers an opportunity to view traditional and contemporary Pasifika art and to learn more about Australia’s Pacific neighbours and of the increasing number of Pacific Islander people coming to live in Queensland. This book highlights the diversity of Pacific Islander...
Highlights of the Collection of the Fiji Museum: A Photographic Catalogue
Suva: Fiji Museum, 1980. 42 black and white plates. Museum catalog showing a variety of Fijian artifacts including three tapa (masi) backcloths and a tapa printing tablet. Each with a detailed description.
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