Thursday, 29 October 2020
Samoan art 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?
→
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
6) What 2 names can be given to the lines that come out from the va’a on a tatau?
→ siapo elei and siapo mamanu
Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Samoan Art Form Questions
a) Samoan b) Tongan
c) Fijian d) Niuean
2) What are the three art forms you learned about in the text?
a) Tatau b) Painting
c) Siapo d) Ie Toga
3) How many islands make up Samoa in total?
a) 2 b) 8
c) 7 c) 3
i) What is the capital city of Samoa?
→ Apia
4) Where does a male tatau (Pe’a / Malofie) start from?
a) The upper thigh b) The shoulders
c) The torso d) The ankles
5) From what tree is the material for siapo made?
a) candlewood b) Mulberry
c) Blood tree d) Lipstick tree
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Thursday, 22 October 2020
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Niuean Artists Questions
1) Who are the four artists we are learning about today?
→ John pule
2) What school did John Pule attend in Auckland?
a) Tamaki College
b) Selwyn College
c) Mount Albert Grammar
d) St Kents
3) What does John Pule’s art comprise of?
a) Painting on canvas and barkcloth
b) Drawing on canvas
c) Painting on canvas
d) Painting on barkcloth
4) What art is Foufili Halagigie known for?
a) Hiapo
b) Painting
c) Knitting
d) Lili Fakamanaia (Wall Hangings)
5) In what countries has Cora-Allan Wickliffe’s art been shown?
→ She has exhibited her work throughout Aotearoa and internationally including Australia, Niue, England and Canada. Her work is a part of major collections including The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland War Memorial Museum and the Wallace Arts Trust.
6) Macksoul Art is known for what kind of art?
a) Painting
b) Drawing
c) Hiapo
d) Weaving
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Monday, 19 October 2020
Niue History 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?
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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:
→ A motif is a recurring narrative element with symbolic significance. If you spot a symbol, concept, or plot structure that surfaces repeatedly in the text, you're probably dealing with a motif. They must be related to the central idea of the work, and they always end up reinforcing the author's overall message.
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
Friday, 16 October 2020
Thursday, 15 October 2020
Te Oro’s Tukutuku panel Questions
1) What does the tukutuku panel present?
→ it presents te oras identity
2) Who was the identity created by?
a) Alt Group and Ngāti Pāoa
b) Ngātio Pāoa and Glen Innes Group
c) Alt Group
d) Ngāti Pāoa
3) Who endorsed the identity of the Tukutuku panel?
a) Ngāti Whatua and Ngātu Pāoa
b) Ngāti Pāoa and Ngāti Tai Ki Tāmaki
c) Ngāti Whatua and Ngāti Tai Ki Tāmaki
d) Ngāti Tai Ki Tāmaki and Alt Group
4) How long did it take to create the Tukutuku panel?
a) 2 years
b) 1 month
c) 4 months
d) 2 months
5) Te Roopū Raranga o Tāmaki Makaurau is a collective of what?
→Te Roopū Raranga o Tāmaki Makaurau is the collective of artists and weavers responsible for creating the tukutuku panel for Te Oro.
6) Who were the weavers involved in the project?
→ Te Roopū Raranga o Tāmaki Makaurau is the collective of artists and weavers.
7) What visually reverberates optically through the pattern?
a) Past and present
b) Present and future
c) Past and future
d) Just the past
Writing - Famous Artists
On a beautiful toasty afternoon, there was a girl that wanted to draw something beautiful for her dog.
She got very angry so then she pushed her chair and throwed her electronic pencil on the floor very hard because she made a mistake when she was drawing her robot
Soon the dog picked up her electronic pencil .The girl had a plan.
During her plan she was thinking about making a costume for her dog.
After she had others plan for her dog, her dog gave more ideas for her.
Later when she finished she was so happy.
Eventually she grabbed her skateboard.
Finally she said to her dog Jake to go play outside with her.
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
Types of art Maori Questions
1) What are the 4 main Māori art forms
→ Māori visual art consists primarily of four forms: carving, tattooing (ta moko), weaving, and painting.
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 traditionally only tattooed on their lips, around the chin, and sometimes the nostrils.
6) What was weaving used to create?
→ Even before the actual process of weaving was discovered, the basic principle of weaving was applied to interlace branches and twigs to create fences, shelters and baskets for protection.
8) Painting was mostly used for?
a) Fake tattoos
b) Tagging
c) Decoration
d) Portraits
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Maui's fishing trip
Dear Diary, One cold bitterly chilly night, Maui said to his brothers ‘’ you must paddle far out to sea.’’ they paddle so far to sea so nothing lands.
As Maui look in the water of the ocean he saw something moving Maui said ‘’ this is the place’’ so his brothers stopped and waited,
Maui grabbed out the hook of his grandmother's jawbone he put a rope on it and swung it into the ocean, the hook went deep into the ocean, they waited to see what had happened next. They waited then something grabbed tight on the hook Maui pulled as hard as he could, but the boat was going toward it. .
Then all of a sudden the thing that grabbed onto the hook raised from the sea, then a splash of water slammed then against the boat they were knocked out, soon maui got up and he noticed they were on the animal, they were stuck, will they find a way off?
Questions Symbolism and Meaning
→ fish scales
What does it represent?
→ abundance and health.
What’s the name of this pattern?
→ Ahu Ahu Mataroa
What does it represent?
→ shows talent and achievement in athleticism or sport and can also be representative of a new challenge,
What’s the name of this pattern?
→ Whale teeth
What does it represent?
→ A tabua is a polished tooth of a sperm whale that is an important cultural item in Fijian society. They were traditionally given as gifts for atonement or esteem (called sevusevu), and were important in negotiations between rival chiefs.
What’s the name of this pattern?
→ Manaia
What does it represent?
→ The manaia is known as a spiritual guardian,
What’s the name of this pattern?
→ Hei matau (fish hook)
What does it represent?
→ The maori symblos or meaning or hei matau, more commonly known as the fish hook symbolises prosperity. Maori use fish in many of their traditional food dishes.
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