Location: | Tutuila, American Samoa |
Subject: | Art and artists; tapa |
Length: | 30 minutes |
Format: | 16mm |
Hue: | Color |
Year Released: | 1971 |
Series: | Artists in America |
Director: | |
Producer: | |
Distributor: | Indiana U (rental) |
Library Code: | HSL |
Description: | Provides a close look at the works and creative philosophy of Mary Pritchard, who is trying to preserve the traditional Polynesian art of tapa. Examines a tapa and uses scenes from the island of Tutuila in American Samoa, where Pritchard searches for the raw material to design and create an original tapa. |
Record No: | 1192 |
Resources: | Distributors's List |
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