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4 Facts Samoan Art Forms

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.

4 Facts Samoan History & Art History

Art Planning (Niue)

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Niue History Questions

 Niue History- Questions

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) Niue

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 Niue an bark cloth?

a) Hippo b) Tara Cloth

c) Print d) Patterns

5) Describe what a motif is:

→ a motif is a recurring narrative element with symbolic significant 

6) Niue ans were the first to introduce what to their hippo?

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?

→ because he is danger