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- ↑ Charleux, Somo (2017). Tapa : de l'écorce à l'étoffe, art millénaire d'Océanie : de l'Asie du Sud-Est à la Polynésie orientale = Tapa : from tree bark to cloth : an ancient art of Oceania : from Southeast Asia to Eastern Polynesia ([Bilingual French/English] ed.). Paris, France. ISBN 9782757212097.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Tunakaimanu Fielakepa, the Dowager Lady Fielakepa, with Cosmin Costinas and Vivian Ziherl, @ARTSPACE AOTEAROA". Index Magazine. Retrieved 8 October 2021.