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String Figures from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands by Honor Maude
$16.00 NZD
Category: Maori & Pacific | Series: String Figure Monographs No. 3 | Reading Level: very good
String Figures of the Tuamotus by Kenneth P. Emery & Honor Maude
$25.00 NZD
Category: Maori & Pacific | Series: String Figure Monographs No. 2 | Reading Level: very good
The string figures described in this collection were those recorded in the Tuamotus between 1929 to 1931. The making of these string figures or fai was an integral parrt of the Tuamotuan culture-a means of communication and establishment of friendships; * an illustration of episodes in the careers ...Show more
Toi Ora: Ancestral Maori Treasures by Huhata Smith & Arapata Hakiwai (eds)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Maori & Pacific | Reading Level: very good
This exceptional book highlights over 120 taonga tuku iho (ancestral Maori treasures) from Te Papa's collections. Rich images of these precious objects, are accompanied by stories from the artists who created the taonga, the people who used them in daily life, and their living descendants. Items include ...Show more
The Art of Tivaevae: Traditional Cook Islands Quilting by Lynssay Rongokea
$45.00 NZD
Category: Maori & Pacific | Reading Level: very good
The art of tivaevae making is unique to the Cook Islands. Since quilt-making was introduced by Christian missionaries more than a century ago, the women of these South Pacific islands have embraced it enthusiastically and with extraordinary skill so that it has become a valued and integral part of local ...Show more
Pacific Tapa by Roger Neich and Mick Pendergrast
$30.00 NZD
Category: Maori & Pacific | Reading Level: very good
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 ...Show more
Tohunga Whakairo: Paki Harrison - The Story of a Master Carver by Ranginui Walker
$20.00 NZD
Category: Maori & Pacific | Reading Level: very good
Paki Harrison is widely regarded as New Zealand's greatest living master carver, a man with a huge reputation as a leading tohunga of the art form. He possesses immense knowledge about the traditional arts of the carver, extending way beyond the actual physical arts to include its most ancient aspects - ...Show more
Yikwani - Contemporary Tiwi Ceramics by Judith Ryan
$12.00 NZD
Category: Maori & Pacific | Reading Level: good
Functional wares are transformed into exhuberently expressive contemporary ceramic sculptures and utensils by the Aboriginal Tiwi people of Melville and Bathhurst.
Auckland Museum - Director's Choice by David Gaimster
$6.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
- Auckland Museum houses the world's leading collection of Maori taonga (treasures) and, reflecting Auckland's place as the world's largest Polynesian city, multiple traditional and contemporary arts from throughout the Pacific region - The Museum's natural history and documentary heritage holdings are ...Show more
Parihaka: The Art of Passive Resistance by Te Miringa Hohaia; Lara Strongman; Gregory O'Brien
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: near fine
A bestseller in New Zealand since 2000, when an exhibition at City Gallery in Wellington broke new ground in the study of Maori art and history, this is a new paperback edition of the exhibition catalog. More than 120 paintings, written accounts, and photographs from the time, following the English inva ...Show more
Hiapo: Past and Present in Niuean Barkcloth by John Pule and Nicholas Thomas
$35.00 NZD
Category: Maori & Pacific | Reading Level: very good
Niuean tapa cloth (hiapo) is a brilliant art form. This is the first book on the subject. Paintings range from abstract patterns to detail renderings of plants, people and ships. Features over 100 colour photographs. First published October 2005.
Pacific Pattern by Susanne Küchler & Graeme Were
$35.00 NZD
Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: very good
Lavishly illustrated with contemporary, archival and museum images, Pacific Pattern takes us on a stunning visual journey through the history of the Pacific, the various techniques and culture associated with fibre and fabric. This is the first book to cover not only the ritual domain but everyday patte ...Show more
Indigenous Australian Art in the National Gallery of Victoria by Judith Ryan
$15.00 NZD
Category: Maori & Pacific | Reading Level: very good
This publication acknowledges the power and primacy of the indigenous art and culture. It follows five published catalogues on aspects of the collection and aims to extend the repertoire of published images in the public domain.