First  cover of 'FIGHTING FIBRES. KIRIBATI ARMOUR AND MUSEUM COLLECTIONS.'

FIGHTING FIBRES. KIRIBATI ARMOUR AND MUSEUM COLLECTIONS.

Adams, Julie.; Bence, Polly.; Clark, Alison. (Eds.).

201 pp.; 260 full colour illus., 25 in b/w., biblio.. Series: Pacific Presences 2. Leiden, 2018. Pbk.

book nr. 13852                 € 39,95

This book brings together artists, curators, researchers and conservators to consider the significance of coconut fibre armour from the islands of Kiribati. Taking as its focus the armour found in museum collections, it investigates the historical context that led to these unique artefacts leaving the Pacific and entering the orbit of British collectors and institutions, as well the legacies of those practices in the present.