Tongan Art And Artists Questions

 Tongan Art and Artists:

Coat of Arms of Tonga - Tongan Sila:

1. When was the Tongan Sila designed?

a) 1865 b) 1875

c) 1876 d) 1877

2. What does the crown in the Tongan Sila mean?

→The King Of Tonga

3. What do the three swords represent?

→The 3 kings before tonga became one.

Ha’amonga ‘a Maui:

4. Where is the stone located?

a) Cook Islands b) Samoa

c) Tonga d) Niue

5. Who is the story of the stone wall about?

a) A mother and her two daughters b) A mother and her two sons

c) A father and his two daughters d) A father and his two sons

6. What does the word haʻamonga mean ?

→ A stick with loads on both ends. 

Kavei Koula e Fa - Four Golden Pillars:

7. What does Ofa mean?

→Love.

8. What does Faka’apa’apa mean?

→Respect.

9.What does Anga Fakato ki lalo/ Lototoo mean?

→Humility.

10. What does Tauhi Va mean?

→Gratitude. 

Tongan Art And Artists Questions

 Tongan Art and Artists

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Sulieti Fiemea-Burrows:

1. What type of art does Sulieti Fiemea-Burrows do?

a) kahoa kakala b) ngatu

c) ta’ovala d) carving

2. How did Sulieti learn how to be the artist she is?

a) it was a fluke b) she wanted to be famous

c) weren’t enough artists d) she watched her Mum growing up

3. Why does Sulieti want to teach others the art she does?

→The will be gone

Sione Monu:

4. What type of artist is Sione Monu?

a) carving b) ngatu

c) koho d) ta’ovala

5. Where did Sione Monu get inspiration from?

a) ta’ovala b) old family photos from Tonga

c) kahoa kakala d) old family photos from Samoa

6. What is in Sione Monu’s exhibition?

→Find Art In Tonga

Tatafu Langi: 

7. Where did Tatafu Langi grow up?

a) Tonga b) Samoa

c) Niue d) Cook Islands

8. Where did Tatafu Langi move to?

a) UK b) USSR

c) USA d) United Kingdom

9. What type of artist is Tatafu Langi?

a) koho b) ta’ovala

c) ngatu d) carving

10. Name 3 different materials that Tatafu Langi carves with.

→Whale teeth,cattle bone and Koa wood

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

Tongan History Questions

 Tongan History: 

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About Tonga:

1. How many islands are said to be on Tonga?

a) 168 b) 169

a)  170 d) 171

2. Which of the following are not a group that Tonga was split into?

a) Vava’u b) Nuku’alofa

c) Ha’apai d) Tongatapu

3. What 2 languages are spoken in Tonga?

a) Tongan & English b) Tongan & Samoan

c) Tongan & German d) Tongan & Polynesian

Tongan History:

4. Where did the Polynesians settle 3000 years ago?

a) Nuku’alofa b) Ha’apai

c) Vava’u d) Tongatapu

5. Who brought the Tongans together to become one?

a) Queen Elizabeth b) King George V

c) Tāufa’āhau d) PM Pohiva

6. True or False: Tonga is the only country in the pacific to not give up their own government?

a) True b) False

Mat Weaving: 

7. What is used to weave the mats?

a) Modern technology b) Old Technology

c) Hands d) Broken down cars

8. What are mats worn around the waist called?

a) lavalava b) ta’ovala

c) ie d) mat

9. True or false: Woven mats passed down through generations symbolizes pride?

a) True b) False

10. How can you identify where people are from in Tonga?

→Each island group makes them differently so it is easy to determine where someone is from by the look of your ta’ovala and kiekie.

Samoan Art Questions

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?

→ Fa`a sigago is a pattern that represents a flower from the Pandanus plant. 

 

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? 

→Siapo mamanu is hand painted and siapo elei is carved into wood

6) What 2 names can be given to the lines that come out from the va’a on a tatau?

→ Pe`a or Malofie