Tongan Art Forms - Questions

 Tongan Art Forms: 

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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?

→Ngatu are given as gifts, like the ta’ovala, and the bigger the size

Wood and bone carvings: 

7. Why is wood carving important to Tongan culture?

→Men Would Carve Wood, making bowls, head rests, log drums, weapons, kava bowls, canoes and paddles, and fish hooks. 

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

→ necklaces, bracelets and earrings, 

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

→whale that had been stranded for a long time. They didn’t go after whales that were alive because they didn’t want to make the whale species extinct.

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

→ Log Drums, Kava Bowl and Weapons