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Fatu Feu'u legends of Samoa recordings

 Collection
Identifier: AMPS 2022/19

Dates

  • 1988

Creator

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Biographical / Historical

Fatu Feu’u ONZM is a visual artist from Poutasi, Upolu, Samoa. Fatu has lived in New Zealand since the 1960s and began practicing art in the 1980s. While primarily a painter, his art practice incorporates a range of mediums to explore Polynesian art forms such as siapo (bark cloth), tatau (tattooing), weaving, carving and ceremonial mask making.

Fatu co-founded Tautai Pacific Arts Trust in the 1980s, at a time when Pacific art was in the early stages of recognition as a particular genre. The organisation aims to support, mentor and promote contemporary Pacific art in New Zealand. In 2001 he was awarded a New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to the arts.

Extent

0.2 metres (Includes 2 audiocassettes)

Language of Materials

Samoan

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Fatu Feu'u in 1989.

Related Materials

Fatu Feu'u. 'Solo ole lupe uluiva.' Lithograph. 1986. Te Papa, https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1162957 This artwork of the same title was produced at approximately the same time as cassette one.

Title
Inventory of Fatu Feu'u legends of Samoa recordings
Status
In Progress
Author
Huni Mancini
Date
May 2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Archive of Māori and Pacific Sound, University of Auckland Repository

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