Made in Oceania
Subtitle: Tapa - Kunst und Lebenswelten = Tapa - art and social landscapes
By: Peter Mesenhöller & Oliver Lueb (Hrsg.) ; Übersetzungen: Carolyn Kelly, Sabine Lang, Katherine Lewald
Contributors: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Series: Ethnologica -- neue Folge, Band 29; Ethnologica (Cologne, Germany) -- n.F., Bd. 29.
Publisher: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum; Nünnerich-Asmus
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Köln; Mainz am Rhein
Language: ger
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9783943904260; 9783923158478
Subjects: Tapa; Exhibitions; Textile fabrics
Other titles: Tapa - art and social landscapes; Tapa - Kunst und Lebenswelten
Description: "What connects James Cook, the Bounty mutineers and about 15 million people in Oceania? A unique fabric, made from tree bark. From clothing in Hawai'i to ritual masks in Papua New Guinea, from a room divider in Fiji to an important wedding gift in Samoa or even as the "red carpet" during coronation ceremonies in Tonga - tapa can be found nearly everywhere in the Pacific. In Europe however, the material is still largely unknown. The RJM's new special exhibition presents a number of unique masterpieces from the museum's own collection in combination with loans from major institutions such as the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington or the Australian Museum in Sydney. Many of them will be shown in Europe for the first time. The selection ranges from the oldest objects dating back to the 18th century - the Cook collection - to contemporary artworks from renowned Polynesian or Melanesian artists like Si'a Fatu Feu'u, Shigeyuki Kihara, Timothy Akis or Mathias Kauage."--Publisher's information.
Notes: On the occasion of an exhibition held at Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt, Köln, October 12, 2013 - April 27, 2014.

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