Types of art Maori Questions

Types of Māori - Questions

1) What are the 4 main Māori art forms

→ carving, tattooing, weaving and painting.

2) Which of these were not a typical material that Māori used for carving?

a) Wood

b) Bone

c) Stone

d) Flax

3) What is Pounamu

a) Flax Leaves

b) Kauri Wood

c) Whale Bone

d) Greenstone

4) Traditionally Ta Moko was done with a what?

a) Tattoo needle

b) Chisel

5) Where did women traditionally get tattooed?

→ lips and chin 

6) What was weaving used to create?

→  branches and twigs to create fences, shelters and baskets for protection.

7) Why did feather cloaks become more difficult to create?

→ because it must take a long time to sew the feathers on.

8) Painting was mostly used for?
a) Fake tattoos

b) Tagging

c) Decoration

d) Portraits