For more information on tapa research at Te Papa, see the following articles and books.
GENERAL
Traditional arts of Pacific Island Women
Janet Davidson
Wellington: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 1993.
('Tapa', pages 8–11)
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SAMOA
Material Culture of Western Samoa: Persistence and change
Roger Neich
Wellington: National Museum of New Zealand, 1985.
('Siapo – Barkcloth', pages 42–51)
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Samoan art and artists O measina a Samoa
Sean Mallon
Nelson: Craig Potton Publishing and Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2002.
('Siapo Makers', pages 64–73)
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TONGA
Pacific Art Niu Sila: the Pacific Dimension of Contemporary New Zealand Arts
Sean Mallon and Pandora Fulimalo Pereira (eds)
Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2002.
('Ngatu Pepa: Making Tongan tapa in New Zealand', pages 52–63)
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