Ngatu: The Art of Tongan Tapa Making

Location:Tonga; Auckland, New Zealand
Subject:Tapa making
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Format:1/2-inch VHS
Hue:color
Year Released:1985
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Producer:AVRT
Distributor:Pacific PeoplesŐ Partnership Library (rental only)
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Description:Demonstration at the Auckland City Art Gallery. Video describes the traditional Tonga method of making tapa cloth from peeling the mulberry bark, seaking, beating, felting, dying, painting, stenciling, and drying of the cloth.
Record No:3148
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