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?

on your Legs 

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?

→ savai’i 

10) According to the story, why was it only men who got tattooed in Samoa for many years?

→  the woman got the words to the song wrong 

Niuean Hiapo Design

This week is the niuean language week. I have designed a niuean Hiapo on google drawings. 

Monday: Bronze Subtraction Practice

Niuean History- Questions 1728

 Niuean History- Questions 1728 

Please read the article on Niue here before answering the 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?

→ 1744

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:

→  pattern  and artwork 

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

Types of Māori - Questions

 Types of Māori - Questions

Please read the article on here before answering the questions.

1) What are the 4 main Māori art forms

→ carving (whakairo), tattooing (ta moko), weaving (raranga), and painting (peita). 

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?

→  panels in meeting houses

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

→ The feather cloak a more difficult item to produce

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

b) Tagging

c) Decoration

d) Portraits

Holiday Memory Recount

During the holidays I went rock climbing with my siblings and some other people from our holiday program . We had so much fun but we especially had a great time. So I hope you enjoy reading what I was up to during the holiday.

First things first the 1 hour before we went rock climbing I was super excited . But when it came time to take our seats in the bus then I started shaking . During the whole ride I felt like I was going to puck . Anyways when we got to the rock climbing place we had to put on these green wristbands .

But when i first i was shocked there was a punch of rock climbing towers and they were all different which was the cool part . By the time i got my safety suit on we were told all the instructions and then it was time to rock climb .First I climbed the music tower and then the rest of them . But some of the rock climbing towers we were told not to climb . Most of the rock climbing towers that we were not able to climb were really really tall .

Around the end of the day probably at 4:00 it was time to pack up and wait for the bus to come . When we were on the bus I sat at the back near the window . It took 8 Minutes to get back to the holiday program site . When we got back we played some activities then we had afternoon tea and soon after I was at home .

It was really fun rock climbing. I had really a great time and I hope you had a really great time reading my holiday highlights . I hope I get to go again another time and please enjoy my blog .

Kowhaiwhai patterns

This week we are learning about   Maori   Symbols  and patterns . This is my own kowhaiwhai pattern

Meaning and symbols

 Meaning and symbols

Please read the article on Antarctica here before answering the questions.

 

What’s the name of this pattern? 

→ Unaunahi

What does it represent?

→  abundance and health

What’s the name of this pattern? 

→  Ahu ahu mataroa

What does it represent?

→  a new challenge.

What’s the name of this pattern? 

→ Taratarekae

What does it represent?

→   whale teeth

What’s the name of this pattern? 

→ Manaia

What does it represent?

→ spiritual guardian, and carrier of supernatural powers

What’s the name of this pattern? 

→ Hei tiki

What does it represent?

→ generations and treasured possessions

Who were the Maori - Questions

Who were the Maori - Questions

Please read the article on Antarctica here before answering the questions.

1) The Maori people are

a) descendants of the Polynesian voyagers who travelled to and settled in New Zealand 700 years ago

b) are the indigeouns people of New Zealand who have lived here for 1000’s of years

2) What is a hot topic of debate amongst New Zealand historians

a) The exact date that Maori traveled to New Zealand

b) The exact number of Waka that travelled to New Zealand

c) Both a & b

d) None of the above

3) Do Historians know for sure where Maori people came from before travelling to New Zealand?

a) Yes b) No

i) Why do you think that is?

→ Because the maori people can’t just show up out of the blue . 

4) What does ‘Oral tradition’ mean?

a) Telling stories b) Retelling history through story telling

c) Brushing your teeth

5) Why were early settlements near harbours, mouths of rivers, or the sea?

→ because the people wanted to hunt for seals and the large birds named the moa 

6) Which is bigger?

a) Seal b) Moa

7) As well as through Oral tradition, what is another way the Maori share their stories? 

a) Books b) Blogs

c) Art d) Podcasts