Salamasina

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Title

Salamasina

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

In the early 1980s Fatu Feu‘u was encouraged by fellow painters Tony Fomison, Philip Clairmont and Pat Hanly to develop a new direction in his work that was deeply grounded in Sāmoan history and fa‘a Sāmoa (the Sāmoan way).1 The vernacular visual language he created drew on forms from siapo (Sāmoan bark cloth) and tatau (tattoo) and depicted motifs such as the frangipani flower, gogo (the tern) and anufe (the caterpillar). Feu‘u also began using a number of personal symbols, including handpri...

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Format

Image

Date created

1987

Creator

Fatu Feu'u

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/37089

Related subjects

oil paint / canvas / paintings / Sāmoa / Sāmoan / Auckland

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