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Sonia Snowden
Sonia Armana Snowden (born 1946) is a New Zealand Māori people, Māori tohunga raranga (master weaver) who tutored in arts and weaving at Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Te Wananga o Raukawa. She identifies with the Ngāpuhi iwi. Her works are held in the collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa). Biography The small community of Waikare, in the far north of New Zealand is where Snowden grew up. Snowden learnt her craft from such distinguished weavers as Ramari Ropata, Emily Schuster, Erenora Puketapu-Hetet, Aromea Tahiwi, and Nellie Frost. She started weaving in the early 1980s and is known for the use of fine strands of natural fibres from Phormium tenax, harakeke, pīngao and Kiekie (plant), kiekie. In 2001, after the Rangiātea Church, Rangiatea Church was damaged by fire, Snowden supervised a group of weavers replicating the Tukutuku, tukutuku panels of the church for its restoration. In 2013 Snowden was part of a group of weavers whose work was displaye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The Geography of New Zealand, country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps (), owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. Capital of New Zealand, New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and subsequently developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |