Online catalogue 

Delve into the cultural significance and intricate process involved in creating tapa.

From the collections of the Queensland Art Gallery, the Queensland Museum, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and a private collector, works in Paperskin: the art of tapa cloth range from delicate, elaborately patterned textiles and bold, striking tapa, to  four-metre-high ornate masks used in ceremonies in Papua New Guinea.  

Essays by the curators Maud Page, Sean Mallon, and Imelda Miller, explore this rich and important mode of artistic and cultural expression.  

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Contents

• Foreword | pdf, 126 kb
• Preface | pdf, 155 kb
• List of works | pdf, 409 kb
• Selected bibliography | pdf, 361 kb
• Authors | pdf, 176 kb

Essays

• Paperskin: An introduction | Maud Page | pdf, 773 kb
• Beyond the paperskin | Sean Mallon | pdf, 707 kb
• The Pacific Perspective on the Queensland Museum: Tradition is present in the past and here in the present | Imelda Miller | 254 kb