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 Tatar?

a)  Weaving b) Tattooing

c)  Painting d) Carving

3) What is needed for Tatar?

a) Flax b) Paint and Paper

c) ‘Au and Ink c) Wood

4) What can be represented in a Tatar?

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 Tatar came to Samoa

6) What is the name of Tatar for women?

a) Pea b) Mali

7) Where do you find this type of Tatar on the body?

Hand, legs,  arms ,and wrist.

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, Tilapia and Tandem, learn about the art of Tatar?

→ Taema and Taiga the goddess-twins who swam to Fiji to learn the art of taut.

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

→ because there were Samoan men who were tattoo artists.