Tongan Art Forms Questions

 Tongan Art Forms

Ta’ovala (mat weaving):

1. Which of the following is not a way that mat weaving is used for?

a) bedding b) weddings

c) shoe holder d) flooring

2. What do mats signify?

a) love b) respect

c) health d) social status

3. What is the tongan word for ‘mat weaving’?

a) kiekie b) ta’ovala

c) ngatu d) kava

Ngatu Tonga (tapa cloth):

4. From what tree is the bark used to make tapa from?

a) Paper Mulberry b) Wood Blueberry

c) Bone Strawberry d) Card Raspberry

5. The women design the tapa using what?

→Women work with each other to decorate the cloth using natural dyes and pigments.

6. Where do the patterns on ngatu come from?

→Nature

Wood and bone carvings: 

7. Why is wood carving important to Tongan culture?

→Because It had been with them for ages and it is part of the tongan culture

8. What are 3 different things that are carved out of bone?

→Jewelry

9. Were whale bones hard to find for carving? If so, why?

→yes because it was only allowed if it was started 

10. Name 3 different things that are carved out of wood.

→Canoes,fish hooks and necklaces