Pitcairn Tapa: Unveiling the Lives of the Bounty Women

Pauline Reynolds

Pitcairn Tapa: Unveiling the Lives of the Bounty Women

Pauline Reynolds

School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences

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The Pitcairn tapa cloths provide valuable insight into the world of the 'Bounty' women and their daughters. In the extreme isolation of Pitcairn Island, they developed an original and innovative design and practice not seen elsewhere. By using the tapa as primary sources, and combining this information with oral histories, linguistic and cultural awareness, the women emerge as strong actors in the Pitcairn story rather than the widely accepted fantasy of the South Sea Maiden and 'Bounty' narrative. The tapa illuminate their stories, and today a growing group of women from Pitcairn and Norfolk are rebuilding this validating and empowering practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Made in Oceania: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Social and Cultural Meanings and Presentation of Oceanic Tapa
Editors	Peter Mesenholler, Annemarie Stauffer
Place of Publication	Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Publisher	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pages	29-41
ISBN (Print)	9781443883795
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Made in Oceania: Tapa-Art and Social Landscapes. Symposium on Oceanic Tapa - Cologne, Germany Duration: 16 Jan 2014 → 17 Jan 2014

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Conference	Made in Oceania: Tapa-Art and Social Landscapes. Symposium on Oceanic Tapa
City	Cologne, Germany
Period	16/01/14 → 17/01/14

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Heritage and Cultural Conservation
Museum Studies
Pacific History (excl. New Zealand and Maori)

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Reynolds, P 2015, Pitcairn Tapa: Unveiling the Lives of the Bounty Women. in P Mesenholler & A Stauffer (eds), Made in Oceania: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Social and Cultural Meanings and Presentation of Oceanic Tapa. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, pp. 29-41, Made in Oceania: Tapa-Art and Social Landscapes. Symposium on Oceanic Tapa, Cologne, Germany, 16/01/14. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20137>

Pitcairn Tapa: Unveiling the Lives of the Bounty Women. / Reynolds, Pauline.
Made in Oceania: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Social and Cultural Meanings and Presentation of Oceanic Tapa. ed. / Peter Mesenholler; Annemarie Stauffer. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015. p. 29-41.

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