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John La Farge: Girls Carrying a Canoe, Vaiala in Samoa ; Artist: John La Farge (1835–1910) ... Watercolor; Drawings. Date: 1891. Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and ...
A Samoan woman with malu. Malu is a word in the Samoan language for a female-specific tattoo of cultural significance. [1] The malu covers the legs from just below the knee to the upper thighs just below the buttocks, and is typically finer and delicate in design compared to the Pe'a, the equivalent tattoo for males.
Samoan police band, wearing lava-lavas A Samoan woman wearing a lavalava in Apia. A lavalava, sometimes written as lava-lava, also known as an ' ie, short for 'ie lavalava, is an article of daily clothing traditionally worn by Polynesians and other Oceanic peoples. It consists of a single rectangular cloth worn similarly to a wraparound skirt ...
Nafanua is the name of a Pacific Forum patrol vessel operated by the Western Samoa Police Department. It was provided to Western Samoa by the Australian Government as part of the Pacific Patrol Boat Program. Nafanua, the name of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa - Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand.
Catherine Laga‘aia has been cast as the eponymous heroine in Disney’s live-action remake of Moana.. Laga‘aia is a 17-year-old Australian actor of Samoan heritage with just one previous ...
Mary Jewett Pritchard, 1944. Mary Jewett Pritchard (September 17, 1905 – June 6, 1992) was an American Samoan textile artist. Pritchard is widely credited with reviving the art of siapo, the Samoan version of tapa, handmade cloth created by pounding the bark of plants.
Sia Figiel was born in Apia, Samoa.She grew up amidst traditional Samoan singing and poetry, which heavily influenced her writing. Figiel's greatest influence and inspiration in her career is the Samoan novelist and poet, Albert Wendt. [3]