Samoan Art History- 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?
It is tapped into a woman's skin and from her thighs down to her knees
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?
→ taema and tilafaiga the goodness twins who swam to fiji to learn the art of tatau
10) According to the story, why was it only men who got tattooed in Samoa for many years?
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taema and tilafaiga saw a sparking clam and dove down to touch it. They came up to the surface and got seasick.they forgot the words to the song and told them that men should be tattooed not women when the words are women are to be tattooed, men are not to be tattooed.
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