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    Tivaevae or tivaivai (Cook Islands Māori: tīvaevae) in the Cook Islands, tifaifai in French Polynesia, is a form of artistic quilting traditionally done...
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  • was known as nana'o. A major art form peculiar to the Cook Islands is tīvaevae / tivaivai. This is needlework, specifically the making of patchwork quilts...
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    Manihiki, Rakahanga and Penrhyn. A major art form in the Cook Islands is tivaevae. This is, in essence, the art of handmade Island scenery patchwork quilts...
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    local products, such as shells, and an important practice among women is tivaevae, a type of quilting. Typical cuisine consumed in the Cook Island is fresh...
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  • 1940, Mangaia, Cook Islands) is a Cook Islands artist, notable for her tivaevae/tivaivai, with her career making tivaivai spanning five decades. Broadbent...
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    quilts with around multiple layers including the batting or insulation. Tivaevae are quilts made by Cook Island women for ceremonial occasions. Quilting...
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    young boys. At these large gatherings the boy sits on a chair draped with tīvaevae (quilts). As his hair is cut, members of the community plaster the boy...
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  • was a Cook Islander political organizer also known for her quilting of tivaevae. Maeva-Taripo was born and raised on the island of Aiutaki. She originally...
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    some of the spaces in the pattern with small lengths of colored wool. Tivaevae or tifaifai – A distinct art from the Cook Islands. Watercolor quilting...
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  • Auckland in 1991. Its starting point and its iconic motif was a Tahitian tivaevae featuring the Genesis story of the 'Dream of Joseph' or Te moemoea no Iotefa...
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    planking. Behind is a typical mid 20th century home-made couch and cushions. The applique embroidery style tivaevae was introduced by the missionaries....
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    glitter-covered GAYTM in Ponsonby. In 2017, Paterson collaborated with Cook Islands tivaevae / tivaivai artist Tungane Broadbent in Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday, at...
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    Wikidata Q115567717. Pouarii Tanner (2018), New Pacific Standard: Using Tivaevae to Inform a New Strategic Business Model for Pacific Art and Design, Tuwhera...
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  • Tepaeru Tereora QSM (born 1934) is a Cook Islands artist and educator. Her Tivaevae work is internationally recognised and displayed in the Museum of New Zealand...
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  • have homosexual relations. Some 'akava'ine take part in the making of tivaevae (quilts), an activity traditionally done by the women of the community...
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    Waitakere City Council, and as a part of Pacifica Mamas began teaching tivaevae classes in 1999. She has delivered other Pacific arts, culture and community...
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  • Beckett 2002 – Lynnsay Rongokea & John Dalley (photographer), The Art of Tivaevae: Traditional Cook Islands Quilting. Godwit 2001 – Julie Biuso & Ian Batchelor...
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  • the others were Rosemarie Trockel, Te Whare Puanga (recent weaving and tivaevae by Maori and Pacific Island women in Wellington) and He Tohu: The New Zealand...
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  • Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki Tonga i Onopooni (2014) – Pataka Art + Museum Tīvaevae: Out of the Glory Box (2015) – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa...
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  • Brightwell (born 1952) – master carver Tungane Broadbent (born 1940) – tivaevae / tivaivai artist Greg Broadmore (born 1972) – concept designer and sculptor...
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  • Tuwhare) 2002 Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture Award winner - The Art of Tivaevae: Traditional Cook Islands Quilting (Lynnsay Rongokea & John Dalley) 2003...
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    of women] in dirt after death. Cook island women are known to weave the tivaevae, a form of textile art to adorn cushion covers and bedspreads. Women also...
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  • the others were Rosemarie Trockel, Te Whare Puanga (recent weaving and tivaevae by Maori and Pacific Island women in Wellington) and He Tohu: The New Zealand...
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  • tourist but also sold muumuu to local women. While here she was inspired by Tivaevae patterns and techniques which would feature in her later work. She would...
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    background”.: 76  O'Neill was taught traditional textile crafts such as tīvaevae by her Cook Islands grandmother, and believes that the value of needlework...
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  • Sewn in Quilts Cook Islands circa 1990 Tivaevae – Pacific quilts Tivaevae called Ina and the shark and other Tivaevae Riria Hotere & Grace Hutton, Collection...
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  • as part of the Kia Mau Festival in Wellington in June 2021. Threads of Tivaevae: Kaleidoskope of Kolours, 2002 (with Veronica Vaevae and Catherine George)...
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