{"product_id":"barkcloth-9781873132821","title":"Barkcloth","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Margot M. Wright\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Archetype Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Archetype Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Reference\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarkcloth or 'tapa' has a history that spans centuries, countries and a multitude of uses: from ceremonial dress in Papua New Guinea and Tahiti to a low-status substitute for woven cloth in Ghana. Its production has been recorded widely from Pacific and central America, Africa, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Oceania and New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe chapters of \u003cem\u003eBarkcloth\u003c\/em\u003e cover the preparation, decoration, and conservation of tapa with particular reference to the material's deterioration and the various approaches applied to control this process. Wide-ranging, practical and precise, this collection of papers should prove to be of considerable help and inspiration to the conservator of this fascinating material.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePapers presented at a one-day seminar organised by the Conservators of Ethnographic Artefacts (CEA) at Torquay Museum in 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archetype Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892313637015,"sku":"9781873132821","price":2354.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781873132821.webp?v=1781186424","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/barkcloth-9781873132821","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}