TAPA MAKING - Eua Island Tonga
This is a large, low, convex table like structure with the design ( kupesi ) being imprinted on it. the spine of a coconut frond called niu tui, is glued to the top end.
TALES OF TIME: Passing Down The Art of Tongan Tapa
The bassinet is made out of natural Tongan plant fibres, tu’a niu and lou’akau, and is nearly 40 years old. It has since been passed down and given new life in the bedroom of Tui’s children, as a light shade.
Ngatu, Cultural Wealth of the Kingdom of Tonga
Kupesi is the design printed and drawn on the ngatu. Each kupesi has a meaning, a history and place of origin which tells the place of origin of the ngatu and its makers. Often the kupesi...
School of Art & Design - Graduate Exhibition 2020 - AUT
The physical materials used are natural materials from the niu, the paongo, feta‘aki, and fau – along with methods and processes of ngatu and kupesi making; tui kupesi and to spread out the kupesi onto the papa koka‘anga.
Tongan Kupesi Design: Aotapu - Turbans of the Tongan Empire
Feb 28, 2023 · The kupesi motif was a circle inside a square with the lines representing the coconut fibres joining in the middle. When they are placed next to each other, an elaborate diamond-shaped pattern is apparent.
Family Memories: Capturing Stories From Different Time-lines
This project derives from a personal interpretation of lea mu’a (old saying) and lea Faka-Tonga (Tongan language), which is translated into kupesi symbols to produce a contemporary Tongan ngatu.
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Ko e Kupesi & Tufunga: Koe ‘aati ‘a Tavakefai‘ana ... - Nepituno
Jan 24, 2021 · ‘Oku toe ngāue‘aki ‘ae kupesi he ngaahi ‘aati, ‘o hangē koe tufunga tātatau, tufunga teuteu / faiva teuteu, nimamea‘a koka‘anga, nimamea‘a lālanga, moe nimamea‘a tuikakala (koe manulua, alamea, tuitu‘u, moe ve‘eve‘e), ‘o kau ai hono ngāue‘aki he tufunga …
rubbing tablet - Collections Online - Auckland War Memorial …
Kupesi Patterned rubbing board. This kupesi is rectangular in shape and thin in depth. The base is made from layers of kaka (coconut sheath) which have been sewn together with pulu 'I niu (coconut husk). On the base there are two rows of four squares which have alternating …
Tongan Kupesi Design: Kalou - Tongan Tribes
Feb 28, 2023 · Tongan Kupesi Design: Kalou. I'm seated in my house, surrounded by kupesi drawing on tapa cloth in frames, and my eyes are drawn to one called the Kalou, which translates into a variety of breadfruit. The TV suddenly switches on, and on the screen there is a memory …
Kupesi Design Meanings - Tongan Tribes
Tongan Kupesi Meaning: Laumanu (Flock of Birds) Richard J Bell 1533
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