Kuo hina e hiapo : the mulberry is white and ready for harvest / by Michael Van Wagenen, Melinda Ostraff and Joseph Ostraff.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication Info | Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2001. |
| Description | 1 online resource (27 min.) |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ANTH;764870 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Ostraff, Joseph Evan, 1957- |
| Other author/creator | Ostraff, Melinda. |
| Other author/creator | Saafi, Lao Niumeitolu. |
| Other author/creator | Van Wagenen, Michael. |
| Abstract | Tapa cloth or ngatu as it is called in Tonga, is cloth made from the bark of the mulberry tree. The inner bark is beaten into fine sheets and painted using traditional designs. After centuries of use, ngatu has literally become the fabric of Tongan society. |
| General note | Previously released on DVD. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 23, 2010). |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded in Tonga. |
| Genre/form | Documentary. |