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Whatu kākahu = Māori cloaks / edited by Awhina Tamarapa.

Fine Arts Library GN432 .W43 2019
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Tamarapa, Awhina, 1966- editor.
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Language:
English
Maori
Subjects (All):
Māori (New Zealand people)--Material culture.
Māori (New Zealand people).
Māori (New Zealand people)--Clothing.
Hand weaving.
Cloaks.
New Zealand.
Te Papa (Museum).
Cloaks--New Zealand.
Hand weaving--New Zealand.
Physical Description:
223 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm
Edition:
Revised edition.
Other Title:
Māori cloaks
Place of Publication:
Wellington, New Zealand : Te Papa Press, 2019.
Language Note:
In English with Māori terminology.
Summary:
"In this revised edition, a new chapter celebrates stunning contemporary kākahu that have come into the Te Papa collection since 2011. It also discusses the care and continuity of Māori cloak weaving from the viewpoint of weaving practitioners, researchers and museum custodians"--Jacket.
Contents:
Te mana o te kākahu = The prestige of cloaks / Kahutoi Te Kanawa and John Turi-Tiakitai
Ngā aho = Threads that join / Toi Te Rito Maihi
Ko te pūtaiao, te ao o ngā tūpuna = Ancestral Māori scientific practice / Patricia Te Arapo Wallace
Te ao tawhito/te ao hou = Entwined threads of tradition and innovation / Maureen Lander
Whatu = The enclosing threads / Margery Blackman
Ngā kākahu o Te Papa = The cloaks of Te Papa ; Whiria, kia tina = Bind, hold fast / Awhina Tamarapa
Types of cloaks known from museum collections.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
ISBN:
9780995113633
0995113637
OCLC:
1113678889
Publisher Number:
99984224490

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