Friday 4 December 2020
Pacific patterns
Thursday 3 December 2020
Term 4 Art Alive Patterns
Monday 30 November 2020
Thursday 26 November 2020
Wednesday 25 November 2020
Monday 16 November 2020
Wednesday 11 November 2020
Monday 9 November 2020
Cook Islands Question
Cook Islands History:
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About Cook Islands:
1. How many islands are said to be on Cook Islands?
a) 3 b) 10
c) 15 d) 88
2. Which island is not located beside the Cook Islands?
a) New Zealand b) Tonga
c) French Polynesia d) American Samoa
3. How did Cook Islands get their name?
a) From coke cola b) from James Cook
c) from chocolate d) from Cocoa Chanel
Cook Islands History:
4. Where did the first Cook Islands arrive from?
a) Hawaii b) Tahiti
c) New Zealand d) Hervey Island
5. What does Cook Islands not do for art?
a) wood carving b) piercing
c) weaving d) tivaevae
6. True or False: Captain James Cook named Cook Islands ?
a) True b) False
Wood carving:
7. Rarotonga is famous for its carving ….
its wooden seats b) fisherman’s gods and staff-gods
c) it’s ceremonial adzes d) pencils
8. What islands are not mentioned for wood carving?
a) Mitiaro b) Mauke
c) Atiu d) Pukapuka
9. True or false: The wooden carvings had to be blessed before stood up?
a) True b) False
10. How can you identify where people are from in Cook Islands?
→by they art from
Thursday 5 November 2020
Tuesday 3 November 2020
Tongan Art Forms
Tongan Art Forms:
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Ta’ovala (mat weaving):
1. Which of the following is not a way that mat weaving is used for?
a) bedding b) weddings
c) shoe holder d) flooring
2. What do mats signify?
a) love b) respect
c) health d) social status
3. What is the tongan word for ‘mat weaving’?
a) kiekie b) ta’ovala
c) ngatu d) kava
Ngatu Tonga (tapa cloth):
4. From what tree is the bark used to make tapa from?
a) Paper Mulberry b) Wood Blueberry
c) Bone Strawberry d) Card Raspberry
5. The women design the tapa using what?
→natural dyes and pigments.
6. Where do the patterns on ngatu come from?
→ nature, or important people and events.
Wood and bone carvings:
7. Why is wood carving important to Tongan culture?
→because you can make cool stuff with it like fish hooks
And bowls and much more
8. What are 3 different things that are carved out of bone?
→jewellery, necklaces, bracelets
9. Were whale bones hard to find for carving? If so, why?
→i don’t know but i think that they don’t want to kill the whale because they do not want it to be extinct
10. Name 3 different things that are carved out of wood.
→bowls, head rests, log drums,
Monday 2 November 2020
Tongan - Questions
Tongan History:
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About Tonga:
1. How many islands are said to be on Tonga?
a) 168 b) 169
c) 170 d) 171
2. Which of the following are not a group that Tonga was split into?
a) Vava’u b) Nuku’alofa
c) Ha’apai d) Tongatapu
3. What 2 languages are spoken in Tonga?
a) Tongan & English b) Tongan & Samoan
c) Tongan & German d) Tongan & Polynesian
Tongan History:
4. Where did the Polynesians settle 3000 years ago?
a) Nuku’alofa b) Ha’apai
c) Vava’u d) Tongatapu
5. Who brought the Tongans together to become one?
a) Queen Elizabeth b) King George V
c) Tāufa’āhau d) PM Pohiva
6. True or False: Tonga is the only country in the pacific to not give up their own government?
a) True b) False
Mat Weaving:
7. What is used to weave the mats?
a) Modern technology b) Old Technology
c) Hands d) Broken down cars
8. What are mats worn around the waist called?
a) lavalava b) ta’ovala
c) ie d) mat
9. True or false: Woven mats passed down through generations symbolizes pride?
a) True b) False
10. How can you identify where people are from in Tonga?
→by the look of your ta’ovala and kiekie.
Friday 30 October 2020
Thursday 29 October 2020
Samoan Art - Questions
Samoan Art - Questions
Please read the article on Samoan Art here before answering the 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?
→ it a pattern that represents a flower from the pandanus plant.
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
5) What is a difference between Siapo ‘Elei and Siapo mamanu?
→ Unlike siapo 'Elei, siapo mamanu is hand painted. Early creations of siapo mamanu were not permanently mounted on boards.
6) What 2 names can be given to the lines that come out from the va’a on a tatau?
→ Asofa’aifo and ivi’aso’aso
Tuesday 27 October 2020
Samoan Art History- Questions
Samoan Art History- Questions
Please read the article on Samoa here before answering the questions.
Tyler Veau: Storyteller
1) This week we are learning about art from...
a) Samoa b) Tonga
c) Fiji d) Niue
2) What is Tatau?
a) Weaving b) Tattooing
c) Painting d) Carving
3) What is needed for Tatau?
a) Flax b) Paint and Paper
c) ‘Au and Ink c) Wood
4) What can be represented in a Tatau?
a) Family b) The person’s background
c) Culture d) Values
5) What is another name for a pattern or symbol?
a) An illustration b) a picture
c) A motif d) an idea
How Tatau came to Samoa
6) What is the name of Tatau for women?
a) Pe’a b) Malu
7) Where do you find this type of Tatau on the body?
Down from the knees
8) In which ocean will you find Samoa?
a) Atlantic Ocean b) Southern Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean d) Tasman Sea
9) According to Samoan storytelling, where did the twins, Tilafaigā and Taemā, learn about the art of Tatau?
→ from fiji
10) According to the story, why was it only men who got tattooed in Samoa for many years?
→ the twins got the words wrong to the song
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