Author : Mary J. Pritchard
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 16,92 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Art, Polynesian
ISBN :
"The artistic, cultural and economic functions of siapo in Samoan life prevail today... My little book is a modest contribution to understanding this important aspect of Samoan culture..."--Preface.
Author : Sean Mallon
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,97 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780824826758
"Samoan Art and Artists is a wide-ranging survey of both the traditional and contemporary arts of Samoa. The author has drawn on an extensive research base to present a contemporary and accessible picture of a vibrant culture. The book has a broad sweep, covering all facets of the Samoan arts, including canoe and house building, siapo (tapa) weaving, tattooing, oratory, adornment, all forms of performance art, the visual arts, and literature. An important feature of the book is the inclusion of profiles of living practitioners, both from Samoa and the large Samoan communities in other Pacific countries."--Publisher description.
Author : Roger Neich
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,29 MB
Release : 2005-01-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780824829292
Auckland Museum's collection of tapa cloth from around the Pacific is one of the most extensive in the world and it forms the basis of this comprehensive survey.
Author : Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Publisher :
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 42,85 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Basket making
ISBN :
Author : Frederic Koehler Sutter
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 29,29 MB
Release : 1989-07-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0824812387
Ua fuifui faatasi, ae vaoeseese "Gathered into one flock from different parts of the forest" The beauty of this Samoan proverb poetically describes The Samoans: A Global Family. From the tea estates of Sri Lanka to the deserts of the Sudan, from the Himalayas of Bhutan to the jungles of Brazil, and from the People's Republic of China to Papua New Guinea, a family is gathered in 285 color photographs captioned with the proverbs of 30 languages. Each person recounts his or her autobiography: a cardinal in Rome, a cowboy in the outback of Australia, a champion sumo wrestler in Japan, a jet pilot in nothern Alaska, an NFL football player at the Super Bowl, a nun in the slums of Lima, Peru. Each brings a story from his part of the "forest." The book is the result of a two-and-a-half-year odyssey around the world, through 45 countries and 20 states and into the lives of over 125 Samoans documenting what it means to be Samoan not only in Samoa but in the farthest reaches of the globe.
Author : William Tufts Brigham
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 39,78 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Tapa
ISBN :
Author : Manumaua Luafata Simanu-Klutz
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 38,16 MB
Release : 2002-06-30
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780824825959
'O si Manu a Ali'i is the first comprehensive guide for teachers of Samoan oratory and the Samoan language of respect. It is also an authoritative resource book for students of the language. The author's insightful descriptions of Samoan culture provide the necessary social contexts for learning these important speech registers. Text in Samoan
Author : Polynesian Society (N.Z.)
Publisher :
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 17,52 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Polynesia
ISBN :
Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.
Author : Carnegie Institution of Washington. Tortugas Laboratory
Publisher :
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,2 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Marine biology
ISBN :
Author : Adrienne L. Kaeppler
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 14,64 MB
Release : 2008-03-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 0192842382
With more than one hundred illustrations--most in full color--this volume offers a stimulating and insightful account of two dynamic artistic cultures, traditions that have had a considerable impact on modern western art through the influence of artists such as Gauguin. After an introduction to Polynesian and Micronesian art separately, the book focuses on the artistic types, styles, and concepts shared by the two island groups, thereby placing each in its wider cultural context. From the textiles of Tonga to the canoes of Tahiti, Adrienne Kaeppler sheds light on religious and sacred rituals and objects, carving, architecture, tattooing, and much more.
