Plant Sampler 1

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CreatorLafaiki Twiss, Cora-AllanNamePlant Sampler 1Date Made2020Medium DescriptionTradition dye on Hiapo (Niuean barkcloth)Object NumberLU286Dimensions340 x 350 mm (actual)Further information‘Hiapo is the collection of many plants, almost like maps they reflect Niue and the landscape.’
Cora-Allan Lafaiki Twiss

Cora-Allan is a contemporary practitioner of the Niuean tradition of backcloth known as Hiapo. She is credited with helping to revive this ‘sleeping art form’ which has not been practised in Niue for several generations. Made during lockdown in 2020, the Plant Sampler series offer a simplified version of Hiapo patterns, allowing them to be considered individually as plants used for ceremony, everyday cooking and crafts.
Cora-Allan makes her own Hiapo from ata bark (Paper mulberry) and creates traditional dyes or togo from Tuitui (candlenuts) and Mangrove sap harvested in Niue.

In 2020 Cora-Allan won the Pacific Heritage Art Award in the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards, and in 2021 completed an artist residency at McCahon House. Her work is held in major art collections including Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland War Memorial Museum and the Wallace Arts Trust.
Artwork CopyrightAll rights reservedArt CollectionLincoln University Art Collection

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Plant Sampler 1