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 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) In which ocean will you find Samoa?

a) Atlantic Ocean b) Southern Ocean

c) Pacific Ocean d) Tasman Sea

8) According to Samoan storytelling, where did the twins, Tilafaigā and Taemā, learn about the art of Tatau?

→ Taema and Tilafaiga, the goddess-twins who swam to Fiji to learn the art of tatau. When they returned to Sāmoa as the first tufuga ta tatau they had a lot on their minds, tatau was for women, not for men. To help them remember this instruction, they created a song as an aide memoire.

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

→  It was only men because Tilafaigā and Taemā said “Tattoo the men not the women”.

When they were supposed to say “ Women are to be tattooed, men are not to be tattooed.