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Tongan Lapita designs were simpler than western Lapita designs, evolving from ornate curvilinear and rectilinear patterns into simple rectilinear forms. [4] The pottery was “slab-built earthenware of andesitic-tephra clay mixed with calcareous or mineral sand tempers and fired at a low temperature.” [ 4 ]
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Koloa, which translates as "value", is a term to describe textiles made by Tongan women.These take many forms, including ngatu, widely known in the Pacific as tapa cloth, which is made from bark and inscribed with intricate patterns and symbols; ta’ovala, which are mats woven from strips of pandanus leaves; and kafa, which is braided coconut fibre or, sometimes, human hair.
According to leading Tongan scholars, including Okusitino Mahina, the Tongan and Samoan oral traditions indicate that the first Tu'i Tonga was the son of their god Tangaloa. [12] As the ancestral homeland of the Tu'i Tonga dynasty and the abode of deities such as Tagaloa 'Eitumatupu'a, Tonga Fusifonua, and Tavatavaimanuka.
It is a work of applied art and 25 years have passed since the year the work was created; It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author) It is "any official text of a legislative, administrative or of legal nature, as well as official translations thereof"
The baskets have a distinctive design with a square bottom forming the foundation of the basket. [1] It takes approximately two weeks to complete a basket about 35 cm in diameter. The baskets are made from the ilala or malala palm (mapokwe in Tonga), which, although growing freely, is also planted by Tonga women for the purpose of basket making.
The tradition Tongan fale consisted of a curved roof (branches lashed with sennit rope, or kafa, thatched with woven palm leaves) resting on pillars made of tree trunks. Woven screens filled in the area between the ground and the edge of the roof. The traditional design was extremely well adapted to surviving hurricanes.
Maka's art practice is heavily influenced and inspired from his Tongan heritage, where he incorporates a multitude of styles, including traditional Tongan art forms, from creating Ngatu made from the bark of the Mulberry tree, combining contemporary and experimental methods and techniques, which in turn assist with his general process of ...