Samoan art Questions.

 1) Today we are learning about art from:

a) Samoan b) Tongan

c) Fijian d) Niuean

2) What is the name of the big upside down triangle that represents extended family on a tatau?

a) Pula tama b) Pula tele

c) Va’a d) Asofa’aifo

3) How many traditional patterns can be found on siapo?

a) 20 b) 12

c) 13 c) 5

i) What is fa’a sigago?

→ Male Pandanus Bloom. When the pandanus blooms, the flower hangs down and the narrow petals end in a cluster of sharp points.

4) Which animal/insect is not represented in one of the traditional patterns found on siapo?

a) Crab b) Fish

c) Spider d) All of these

4 Facts Samoan Art and Artists.

 

4 Facts - Thursday.

 

4 Facts Niuean Artists - Wednesday.

 

Niue Art Forms Questions.

 1) What are the two popular weaving techniques?

a) Lalaga and Hiapo b) Lalaga and Tia

c) Lalaga and Carving d) Tia and Hiapo

2) What materials do Niueans use in New Zealand to weave?

a) Seaweed b) Branches

c) Harakeke d) Leaves

3) Who participates in weaving?

a) Mostly women and some men b) Just women

c) Just men c) Children

i) Describe some of the traditional materials used:

→ traditional vaka building but a handful of master carers still create new ones to order

4) What is the name of the canoes that are carved in Niue?

a) Waka b) Vaka

c) Dinghies d) Boats

5) What New Zealand tree is used for carving?

a) Kauri b) Pohutukawa

c) Miro d)Tōtara

6) What does hiapo mean in Niuean?

a) Barkcloth or Tapa b) Mat or Tapa

c) Dress or Mat d) Barkcloth or Blanket

7) What are hihi beads? 

a) Little blue land snail shells b) Little yellow land snail shells

c) Little pink land snail shells d) Little green land snail shells

4 Facts Niuean Art Forms - Tuesday.

 

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4 Facts Niuean History & Art History.

 

Niue History Questions.

 1) This week it is _____ language week.

a) Samoan b) Tongan

c) Fijian d) Niuean

2) What is Niue often referred to as?

a) The sun spot of Polynesia b) The Rock of Polynesia

c) The tiny island nation d) The heart of the Pacific

3) Who was the first European settler to sight Niue?

a) Captain James Cook b) Captain Jack Sparrow

c) Captain James Busby c) Captain Hook

i) When did he sight Niue?

→ Niue was first settled by Polynesian sailors from Samoa in around 900 AD. Further settlers (or possibly invaders) arrived from Tonga in the 16th century. 

4) What is the name of the Niuean bark cloth?

a) Hiapo b) Tapa Cloth

c) Print d) Patterns

5) Describe what a motif is:

→ A motif is a recurring narrative element with symbolic significance. If you spot a symbol, concept, or plot structure that surfaces repeatedly in the text, you're probably dealing with a motif. 

6) Niueans were the first to introduce what to their hiapo?

a) Animals b) Names

c) People d) Flowers

7) How many attempts did Captain Cook make to land in Niue? 

a) Three b) Two

c) None d) One

i) Why do you think the people of Niue refused to let him set foot on shore?

→ maybe they won't be safe with him.

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Te Oro’s Tukutuku panel Questions

 Te Oro’s Tukutuku panel - Questions

Please read the article on here before answering the questions.

1) What does the tukutuku panel present?

→ Most tukutuku panels are made with dried stalks of plants such as toetoe. Sometimes thin pieces of wood are used. 

2) Who was the identity created by?

a) Alt Group and Ngāti Pāoa

b) Ngātio Pāoa and Glen Innes Group 

c) Alt Group

d) Ngāti Pāoa

3) Who endorsed the identity of the Tukutuku panel?

a) Ngāti Whatua and Ngātu Pāoa

b) Ngāti Pāoa and Ngāti Tai Ki Tāmaki

c) Ngāti Whatua and Ngāti Tai Ki Tāmaki

d) Ngāti Tai Ki Tāmaki and Alt Group

4) How long did it take to create the Tukutuku panel?

a) 2 years

b) 1 month 

c) 4 months

d) 2 months 

5) What Marae were they based at?

→ Based at Ruapotaka Marae

6) Te Roopū Raranga o Tāmaki Makaurau is a collective of what?

→ Te Roopū Raranga o Tāmaki Makaurau is the collective of artists and weavers responsible for creating the tukutuku panel for Te Oro.

7) Who were the weavers involved in the project?

→ weavers responsible for creating the tukutuku panel for Te Oro

8) What visually reverberates optically through the pattern?
a) Past and present

b) Present and future 

c) Past and future

d) Just the past

4 Facts Examples - Thursday.

 

Types of art Maori Questions.

1) What are the 4 main Māori art forms

→ Māori visual art consists primarily of four forms: carving, tattooing (ta moko), weaving, and painting.

2) Which of these were not a typical material that Māori used for carving?

a) Wood

b) Bone

c) Stone

d) Flax

3) What is Pounamu

a) Flax Leaves

b) Kauri Wood

c) Whale Bone

d) Greenstone

4) Traditionally Ta Moko was done with a what?

a) Tattoo needle

b) Chisel

5) Where did women traditionally get tattooed?

→ Women were usually tattooed only on the lips and chin

6) What was weaving used to create?

→  most are carried out using modern equipment

7) Why did feather cloaks become more difficult to create?

→ To make garments from its leaves, they initially adapted the raranga plaiting The time it took to weave a cloak was perhaps out of step with the rapidly changing world materials and techniques, and woven cloaks continue to be highly valued  (ME015101) Korowai (cloak) Unknown; Muka, wool yarn, peacock feathers.

8) Painting was mostly used for?
a) Fake tattoos

b) Tagging

c) Decoration

d) Portraits 

4 Facts art forms Maori - Wednesday.

Questions Symbolism and Meaning.

What’s the name of this pattern? 

→ Unaunahi.

What does it represent?

→ Fish scales.

What’s the name of this pattern? 

→ Ahu ahu mataroa

What does it represent?

Shows talent 

What’s the name of this pattern? 

→ Taratarekae

What does it represent?

→ From whale teeth.

What’s the name of this pattern? 

→ Manaia

What does it represent?

→ spiritual guardian.

What’s the name of this pattern? 

→ Hei matau 

What does it represent?

→ The fish hook.

4 Facts Symbols Maori - Tuesday.

 

4 Facts Pre European Maori - Monday.