Arts, Samoan

Date: 1900 - 1990

Reference: D-014-005

Description: Tapa cloth Finished with stick painting Probably Samoan or Tongan Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Piece of cloth, hand-printed, brown and white, 805 x 920 mm

Date: 24 May 1993

From: Women's suffrage centennial year project

By: Robertson, Fiapapalagi, 1939-

Reference: OHInt-0402-11

Description: Fiapapalagi Robertson was born in Samoa and is the eldest daughter in the family. Due to family circumstances she was unable to attend school until she was 12 years of age, being needed to look after the younger children. Describes life growing up in Samoa, size of family plantation and the work done by women. In 1961 Fiapapalagi and her husband to be (a minister in the Assembly of God Church) came to New Zealand and after some time in Wellington, where they were married, settled in Wanganui where she works as a nurse aide in the Jubilee Hospital. Compares housing in New Zealand with that in Samoa. Abstracted by - Karen Kitson Awards/funding - Funded through the Women's Suffrage Centennial Year Trust Other - Additional photographs on file at WRM archives Interviewer(s) - Karen Kitson Venue - 42 Liverpool Street Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006721-23; OHLC-004139-41 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1569. One photograph of Fiapapalagi Robertson

Date: 1870 - 1892

By: Brandon, Louise Elizabeth, 1877-1945; Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

Reference: Curios-033-018

Description: Wooden bowl for kava-drinking ceremonies in either Fiji or Samoa. While the bowl was given to the Library in good faith as the former property of Robert Louis Stevenson during his time in Samoa, photographs (and a drawing by Stevenson's daughter) of Stevenson with a kava bowl he owned show him with a different, 4-legged Samoan-style kava bowl. This bowl is a Fijian-style bowl. He may have owned two kava bowls. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Wooden hand-carved circular bowl on 14 legs, with a twisted wire for hanging attached to a section below the bowl 175 x ca 442 mm.

Date: 6 May 2015

From: Pacifica Arts Centre oral history project: The stories of the Pacifica Mamas and Papas

By: Matafeo, Ronnie, 1961-; Raa, Tu, active 2015-2017

Reference: OHInt-1554-02

Description: Interview with Ronnie Matafeo by Tu Raa recorded on 6 May 2015. Topics covered in the interview include: growing up in Samoa; studying in New Zealand; becoming the first registered Pacific Island quantiity surveyor; community work and working with the Pacifica Mamas and Papas; weaving; history and purpose of the Pacifica Mamas and Papas; and hopes for the future. Source of descriptive information: "Ronnie Matafeo, oral history, 2015". 'Kura - Auckland Libraries', https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1613/rec/9 accessed 16 May 2023. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 Interview(s). 2 digital sound recording(s). 2 digital photograph(s). 1 Electronic document(s) digital abstract.. 1 electronic scan(s) recording agreement form.. 1 printed abstract(s) includes recording agreement form.. Search dates: 06/05/2015

Date: 1952 - 1959

By: Tasman Empire Airways Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-AVIATION-TEAL-1950s-15

Description: Poster promoting TEAL flights to Samoa by Solent flying boat shows a foreshortened view, from a high angle, of a carved pole figure. A wagon drawn by a water buffalo passes in front of the pole, and a line of male figures in grass skirts moves in unison beyond. In the background is a group of three circular thatched huts. The TEAL logo appears at lower right. The Solent flying boat service began in 1951, and extended to Samoa in 1952. The poster was probably produced by W Haythorn-Thwaite Advertising Ltd. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 975 x 635 mm.

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Union Steam Ship Company :Original prints of Samoa, Rarotonga, Tonga and Tahiti

Reference: PAColl-5426-01

Description: Unidentified Samoan women wearing traditional clothing, making wreaths. Photograph taken by Thomas Andrew, circa 1890s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Wreath making Sam Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14 x 19.8 cm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-042

Description: Shows a number of artifacts from Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia including musical pipes, decorated weapon sheaths, and other handheld objects. Beside one is the note "Resembling Lictor's fasces", and another has the note "H.M.S. Bramble" alongside it (Angas is not known to have travelled on the HMS Bramble). Navigator Island / Navigators Islands is another name for the Samoan Islands. They were named Navigators Islands by Louis de Bougainville, in 1768. Other Titles - tabooing Loyalty Island Other Titles - Navigator's Islands Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 255 x 333 mm

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922 :Maori and Polynesian photographs

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939

Reference: PA1-q-223-38-1

Description: Samoan female ceremonial dancer, taken by Thomas Andrew during the 1890s Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Samoan warrior The costume worn by this woman are only worn by women who are called Taupou (queen) or a female from a particular family whose role it is to dance at a ceremony. Not everone wears the headpiece which is called a tuiga. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1923

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Samoa]

Reference: Eph-A-SAMOA-1923-01-cover

Description: Shows young Samoan woman in traditional dress with feather headdress, beside a circular inset scene of a palm tree against the sea. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of programme.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on cover, 222 x 141 mm.

From: Cousins, George, fl 1890s :The story of the South Seas. London, London Missionary Society, 1894

Reference: PUBL-0061-121

Description: Five oval portrait cartouches against a background of palm fronds, showing two women, two men and in the centre a group of two men. The women show the modifications in costume brought about by the influence of Europeans. The man on the bottom right is wearing an earlier-style head-dress and neck adornment, while the two men in the centre are holding earlier weapons and fans. Extended Title - From Cousins, George. The story of the South Seas. p. 121. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving