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Tapa in the Pacific -- Making tapa -- Samoa -- Tonga -- Uvea (Wallis Island) -- Futuna -- Niue -- Cook Islands -- Tahiti -- New Zealand -- Hawaii -- Fiji -- Vanuatu -- Tikopia -- Santa Cruz Islands -- Solomon Islands -- Papua New Guinea.
Summary "Pacific Tapa presents a complete range of the art of tapa, from cloth brought back from the first voyages by Europeans to the Pacific to contemporary examples of the art. The origins, materials and manufacturing techniques are descibed as well as tapa's cultural context and uses in weddings, funerals, clothing, dance and ornament."--Book flap.