Author: ROTH, H. LING,
Title: The Maori Mantle. Reprinted from the original limited edition published by the Bankfield Museum, Halifax, England. Together with The Maori Mantle, a review (1924) by Sir Peter Buck (Te Rangihiroa).
Description: Carlton, Ruth Bean, 1979. Original coloured limp wrappers representing a traditional Maori design. 123; pp. 69-77 (critical review), Captioned frontispiece, numerous monochrome illustrations of traditional Maori fabrics, diagrams and comparative tables in text and full-page, table of contents. Still important inquiry into the art and manufacture of traditional Maori textiles: Cultivation and preparation of the Fibre, Twining, Manufacture, Insert, dyes, Coloured and worsted ornamentation, the Taniko, Capes and Kilts..Very fine copy.

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