Cook Island art history

 

Tongan Designs

 

Tongan Art and Artist

 Tongan Art and Artists: 

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Sulieti Fiemea-Burrows:

1. What type of art does Sulieti Fiemea-Burrows do?

a) kohoa kakala b) ngatu

c) ta’ovala d) carving

2. How did Sulieti learn how to be the artist she is?

a) it was a fluke b) she wanted to be famous

c) weren’t enough artists d) she watched her Mum growing up

3. Why does Sulieti want to teach others the art she does?

→ so the art doesn’t disappear

Sione Monu:

4. What type of artist is Sione Monu?

a) carving b) ngatu

c) koho d) ta’ovala

5. Where did Sione Monu get inspiration from?

a) ta’ovala b) old family photos from Tonga

c) kohoa kakala d) old family photos from Samoa

6. What is in Sione Monu’s exhibition?

→ it is his art

Tatafu Langi: 

7. Where did Tatafu Langi grow up?

a) Tonga b) Samoa

c) Niue d) Cook Islands

8. Where did Tatafu Langi move to?

a) UK b) USSR

c) USA d) United Kingdom

9. What type of artist is Tatafu Langi?

a) koho b) ta’ovala

c) ngatu d) carving

10. Name 3 different materials that Tatafu Langi carves with.

→ whale teeth, wood and animal bones 

Tongan And Artists

 

Tongan Art Forms

 

Tongan Art Forms

 Tongan Art Forms: 

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?

→the tree bark

6. Where do the patterns on ngatu come from?

→ fish and nature

Wood and bone carvings: 

7. Why is wood carving important to Tongan culture?

→so it does not disappear in the future

8. What are 3 different things that are carved out of bone?

→jewelry, log drums and weapons

9. Were whale bones hard to find for carving? If so, why?

→the tongan people didn’t want to hurt the whales so they only were aloud to get the whale bone if a whale somehow ended up on land.

10. Name 3 different things that are carved out of wood.

→ Patterns, boomerang, wooden bird

Samoan Turtle