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Institute connects Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander museum professionals

By Cindy Ellen Russell

July 30, 2022

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Archie Ajoste examined a Samoan “taula” (canoe anchor) Friday at the exhibit.
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A soft opening of the exhibition “Weaving a Net(work) of Care for Oceanic Collections: A Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Museum Institute (NHPIMI)” was held Friday in the East-West Center Gallery at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The exhibition features traditional and contemporary works by Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Guam Museum curator Michael Lujan Bevacqua spoke about the collaborative mural titled “We-Kakou, ‘Weaving a Net(work) of Care.’” The painting was facilitated by kumu Meleanna Aluli Meyer and kumu Marques Hanalei Marzan and was painted by NHPIMI participants.
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Speaking on Friday is NHPIMI cohort Regina Meredith Fitiao. Fitiao is an artist and art educator who specializes in Siapo (Samoan Tapa) making.
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Two head pieces from the Niuean and Tuvaluan communites selected by Ruby Satele, NHPIMI cohort and Kōtuitui Rangahau repatriation researcher and coordinator at Auckland War Memorial Museum. (Left) Foufou from the Niuean community of Tamaki, Makaurau, Auckland. Pandanus, polyethylene. Aotearoa, 2018. (Right ) Fou from the Tuvaluan community elders of the Vaka Tautua. Polyethylene, pandanus, cotton. Aotearoa, 2016.
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Pictured are Samoan tatau (tattoo) and siapo (tapa) tools selected by Regina Meredith Fitiao for the exhibition. Top: Boar tusk, turtle shell, metal wood and fishing line handmade by Au Sogiaso and Au Mogo (Tatau tools) by Su'a Uilisone F. Fitiao, Matu'u’, American Samoa Bottom: Paogo (Pandanus Key) Hand selected from a Pandanus tree (pandanus tectorius) in Leone, American Samoa and used for painting siapo.
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A freehand-painted barkcloth, or “siapo mamanu,” uses the “atualoa” (centipede) pattern as a main motif. Artist Regina Meredith Fitiao used “u’a,” “lama,” “o’a” and “lega” dyes.
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Erlinda Naputi, library director of Joeten-Kiyu Public Library in Saipan, stands with artwork made by Chamorro artist Albert Songao Toves, Jr.
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A woven piece titled "We-Kakou, 'Weaving a Net(work) of Care'” was facilitated by kumu Meleanna Aluli Meyer and kumu Marques Hanalei Marzan and was woven by NHPIMI cohorts. Also part of the artwork is the mural behind it.
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Members of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Museum Institute.

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