The art of Tonga = Ko e ngaahi'aati'o Tonga / Keith St Cartmail.

By:

St. Cartmail, Keith, 1930-1997

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c1997.Description: 152 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0824819721
9780824819729

Other title:

Ko e ngaahi'aati'o Tonga

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

709/.9612 21

Other classification:

20.56

Contents:

Ch. 1. Historical Background -- Ch. 2. The Dispersal of Polynesian Art -- Ch. 3. The Tongan Household -- Ch. 4. Tongan Headrests: Kali -- Ch. 5. Human Figure Sculpture -- Ch. 6. Domestic Containers: Kava, Kumete, Tano'a, Sene and Topu -- Ch. 7. Food Hooks: Tautau -- Ch. 8. Adzes -- Ch. 9. Fibre Craftsmanship -- Ch. 10. Tattooing: Tatatau -- Ch. 11. Adornment -- Ch. 12. Fishing and Fish Hooks -- Ch. 13. Canoe-Building -- Ch. 14. Tongan Music, Dance and Poetry -- Ch. 15. Fly Whisks: Fue -- Ch. 16. Weapons and Warfare -- Ch. 17. Tongan Art Today -- Ch. 18. Tongan Art Tomorrow -- App. I. Extant Tongan Human Figures -- App. II. Tongan Cultural Material in New Zealand Museums.

Summary: Tongan art, with its elegant sculpture, headrests, body adornment, clubs, containers, tools and fibre work, has made an outstanding contribution to the culture of Oceania. In The Art of Tonga, Keith St Cartmail's achievement is to draw together all the strands of this island kingdom's material culture into a single volume - surprisingly no other work has done this to date. The author begins by outlining the history of Tonga, then comprehensively details all aspects of Tongan art, ancient and modern. He clearly documents the significance and widespread influence of this beautiful art work through West Polynesia, and argues that despite recent neglect, and in spite of being mutilated and destroyed by missionaries, and dispersed by collectors to all corners of the earth, Tongan art is nonetheless alive and well.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Texts - cam	TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection	PAC 709.9612 STC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	FEAH25010780

Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-150) and index.

Tongan art, with its elegant sculpture, headrests, body adornment, clubs, containers, tools and fibre work, has made an outstanding contribution to the culture of Oceania. In The Art of Tonga, Keith St Cartmail's achievement is to draw together all the strands of this island kingdom's material culture into a single volume - surprisingly no other work has done this to date. The author begins by outlining the history of Tonga, then comprehensively details all aspects of Tongan art, ancient and modern. He clearly documents the significance and widespread influence of this beautiful art work through West Polynesia, and argues that despite recent neglect, and in spite of being mutilated and destroyed by missionaries, and dispersed by collectors to all corners of the earth, Tongan art is nonetheless alive and well.

In English.