Hiapo
Subtitle: Past And Present in Niuean Barkcloth
Publisher: University of Otago Press
Published: September 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781877372001
Subjects: History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Textile arts; Sociology; Australian & Oceanian; Social Science; Art & Art Instruction; Niue; General; Anthropology - General; History; Tapa; Textile fabrics
Description: This book is the first study of this art form. Most known pieces of hiapo (barkcloth or tapa) were produced in the mid to late nineteenth century and are now dispersed all over the world. The paintings range from dynamic abstract patterns to detailed renderings of plants, people (including European colonists), and signs of changing times. They offer a window on a time when missionary impact was deepening and Niuean life was changing forever. The illustrations, most of which are in full colour, bring together hiapo from all over the world.