ISBN:
050051237X
,
9780500512371
Language:
English
Pages:
207 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
29cm
DDC:
745.0995
Keywords:
Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts)
;
Decoration and ornament
;
Islands of the Pacific Social life and customs
;
Bildband
;
Bildband
;
Bildband
;
Polynesien
;
Kunsthandwerk
;
Ornament
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Formerly CIP
,
A history of pattern in fibre and fabric in the South Pacific. European exploration and stereotypes ; -- Collecting in the Pacific ; -- New ideas, materials and techniques ; -- Colonialism, independence and diaspora -- Traditional pattern : techniques and media. String-based media ; -- Lattice-based media ; -- From utility to sanctity -- Contemporary pattern : materiality and modernity. The importance of cloth ; -- Sewing and the body politic ; -- Fashioning modernity ; -- New materials -- Pattern in architecture and interior design. House, growth and life ; -- Men's houses in Melanesia ; -- Ritual space in Polynesia ; -- Church architecture -- Patterns on the body. Designing the body ; -- Hair ; -- Paint ; -- The indelible mark -- Patterns of the mind. String and square in Tonga ; -- Layer and lattice in the Cook Islands.
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