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) Where do you find this type of Tatau on the body

The most important Samoan tatau (tattoo) for men is the pe'a – dense tattooing which completely covers the lower body from waist to knee.

 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 goddess-twins who swam to Fiji to learn the art of tatau. When they returned to Sāmoa as the first tufuga ta tatau (master tattooists) they had a lot on their minds: tatau was for women, not for men.→