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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Küchler, Susanne, author.     Subjects     Quilting -- Cook Islands.     Quilts -- Cook Islands.     Cook Islands -- Social life and customs.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Küchler, Susanne, author.       by title:      Tivaivai : the socia...         MARC Display

Tivaivai : the social fabric of the Cook Islands / Susanne Küchler and Andrea Eimke ; with photographs by Andrea Eimke. by Küchler, Susanne, author. London : British Museum Press, 2009. Subjects Quilting -- Cook Islands.   Quilts -- Cook Islands.   Cook Islands -- Social life and customs. ISBN:  9780714125800 (paperback) 0714125806 (paperback) Series:  Artistic traditions in world cultures. Description:  vii, 118 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 30 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  Elaborate and beautiful patchwork quilts known as tivaivai have been produced by women in the Cook Islands since the late 19th century. They were a substitute for bark-cloth but were also used to show relationships in the new context of Christian domesticity. In the Cook Islands, quilts are given away at funerals, weddings and other events marking stages of loss and severance in the life of a person and bind islanders together in social and economic relationships. Written from both an anthropological and an artistic perspective, this book examines the visual and cultural characteristics that have made the Polynesian quilt one of the most stunning and captivating art forms to emerge from the Pacific. It also offers a glimpse into the role played by fabric in the history of contact with Europeans.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Hawaiian & Pacific H 746.46099 Ku Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library R -- Hawaiian & Pacific H 746.46099 Ku Non Circulating Add Copy to MyList

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