Foufili Halagigie

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Foufili Halagigie (born 1936) is a Niue an artist in New Zealand, known for her woven handicrafts. She has been described as a "master weaver" and recognized for her work as part of the handicrafts group Falepipi he Mafola. [1]

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Foufili Halagigie was born in 1936 in Tamakautoga, Niue. [1] [2] She later settled in Ōtāhuhu, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. [3] [4]

Since 1998, she has been a member of the Auckland-based handicrafts group Falepipi he Mafola. [1] [5] She has been described as "one of the best master weavers" of the group. [1] Some of her work features the tia weaving technique, and she uses materials available in New Zealand such as raffia and kaniu (coconut leaf ribs). [3]

In 2009, she was honored alongside the rest of Falepipi he Mafola when the group received a Pacific Heritage Art Award in the Arts Pasifika Awards. [1] In 2012, a lili fakamanaia (wall hanging) made by Halagigie was commissioned for the exhibit Home AKL: Artists of Pacific Heritage in Auckland at the Auckland Art Gallery, and it was subsequently retained as part of the museum's collection. [1] [3] [5] [6] [7]

Halagigie's son and her daughter, Mokahele Halagigie, are also weavers as part of Falepipi he Mafoa, and her daughter has worked to encourage the use of recycled plastic in Niuean weaving. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pihigia, Molima Molly (2021-12-16). "Falepipi he Mafola – A House of Peace". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  2. ↑ "Foufili Halagigie". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  3. 1 2 3 "Lili fakamanaia". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  4. ↑ Māhina-Tuai, Kolokesa Uafā (2015). "The Mis-Education of Moana Arts". Pacific Arts. 14 (1/2): 62–68. ISSN   1018-4252.
  5. 1 2 Māhina-Tuai, Kolokesa U. "Pacific arts in New Zealand - Visual art and literature". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  6. ↑ "People of the sea". The New Zealand Herald. 2012-09-01 – via Proquest.
  7. ↑ Lythberg, Billie (April 2013). "New works at Home AKL". Art Monthly Australia. pp. 14–18 – via Proquest.
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