Hiapo: Past and Present in Niuean Barkcloth
Hardback Published on: 01/01/2005
Price: £36.95
Synopsis
"Hiapo" is the word for barkcloth or tapa in the language of Niue. The aim of this book "is to reveal the power of a remarkable art, that until now has been obscure to all but a few specialists" - the painted hiapo of Niue island in central Polynesia.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Otago University Press
- ISBN: 9781877372001
- Number of pages: 160
- Dimensions: 254 x 203 x 18 mm
- Weight: 726g


