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Te whatu tāniko = Tāniko weaving : technique and tradition / Hirini Moko Mead.
- Title
- Te whatu tāniko = Tāniko weaving : technique and tradition / Hirini Moko Mead.
- Author
- Mead, Sidney M.
- Publication
- Birkenhead, Auckland : Reed, 1999.
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- Additional Authors
- Mead, Sidney M.
- Description
- 127 p. : ill.; 19 x 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Taniko weaving is one of the traditional and unique Maori crafts. Made by weaving and dying the fibres of native flax, elaborate and beautiful patterns are made which are then used to adorn clothing... This book covers the history and developments of taniko up to the present, a discussion of classification of patterns and the evolution of the weaving method and then provides step by step instructions, showing all the techniques required to master the art"--Back cover.
- Alternative Title
- Tāniko weaving
- Tāniko weaving
- Subject
- Note
- Previously published as: Te whatu taaniko.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 124) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- An introduction to Maori costume -- The taniko weaving technique -- The discovery of the taniko technique -- The history & development of taniko weaving -- Style & taniko patters -- The classification of taniko patterns -- General conclusions -- Instructions for learning taniko weaving.
- ISBN
- 0790006790
- OCLC
- 53287616
- SCSB-10203890
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library