FIJIAN MASI: A TRADITIONAL ART FORM

TROXLER, Gale Scott

Verlag: The Piedmont Press, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1971

Beschreibung

Good (little wear covers, two tiny rubbed spots front cover & small creases; contents clean & tight with small address label on half-title page; very faint ink checks on endpapers). 12mo., pictorial wraps; 94 pages First Edition. Signed by Troxler on the half-title page. An uncommon book, especially signed by the author. A well-documented look at the art of Fijian Masi, or the production, application, technique and traditional designs of so-called Bark cloth, Tapa or Masi, manufactured in the islands of the Pacific, in this case in Fiji. It is produced by beating treebark, which is illustrated in this publication. Includes local traditional motifs and designs, tools to be used, Fijians at work, diagrams in text, full-page comparative table of plant materials, appendix table showing exhibits of Fijian handicrafts, bibliography, terminology, table of contents. Contains many captioned monochrome illustrations featuring Fijian traditional decorative designs. Published to commemorate the first anniversary of the Fijian Republic. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 58312

Bibliografische Details

Titel: FIJIAN MASI: A TRADITIONAL ART FORM

Verlag: The Piedmont Press, Greensboro, North Carolina

Erscheinungsdatum: 1971

Einband: Softcover

Illustrator: Illustrated.

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

Auflage: 1. Auflage