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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Leiden :
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2020.
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