Tivaivai The Social Fabric of the Cook Islands |
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| Author:
| Kuchler, Susanne
Eimke, Andrea |
| Series title: | Artistic Traditions in World Cultures Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7141-2580-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2009 |
| Publisher: | British Museum Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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Quilts generically known as tivaivai have been produced by women in the Cook Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, the Society Islands and elsewhere in Eastern Polynesia since the late 19th century, where they were a substitute for bark-cloth but also used in ways deeply invested in the new context of Christian domesticity.
Quilts generically known as tivaivai have been produced by women in the Cook Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, the Society Islands and elsewhere in Eastern Polynesia since the late 19th century, where they were a substitute for bark-cloth but also used in ways deeply invested in the new context of Christian domesticity.