PIECES OF CLOTH, PIECES OF CULTURE - TAPA FROM TONGA & THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, by Ping-Ann Addo. A catalog for the exhibition that took place in Oakland in 2004.

Pieces of Cloth, Pieces of Culture: Tapa from Tonga and the Pacific Islands was an exhibition of contemporary and antique tapa (bark cloth), mainly from Tonga. The highlight of the exhibit was a large 16x24 foot tapa made especially for the exhibit by Tongan women living in the San Francisco Bay Area, shown with tapa cloths from the collection of the Department of Anthropology at the California Academy of Sciences. Text includes essays on the cultural significance and history of tapa cloth, tools and materials used, and the process of making tapa, as well as information on the Bay Area Tongan community and interviews with the artists.

Published by California College of the Arts, Oakland; in Partnership with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 2004. First edition.

Softcovers, 8x10.5 inches, 50 pages. Illustrated with 34 color plates and 44 b&w photographs.

VERY GOOD condition, light waviness to the top margin of the front cover and first few pages, some scraping to the spine folds, otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A nice, solid, very presentable copy.