AP Art History–Pacific Art

Moia People Easter Island 1200 CE Basalt show relationship to birdman cult through back carvings Important ancestors Toppled by European colonists

Nan Madol

Feather Cape Hawaii 1850 CE Feather and fiber for male nobilities to wear during battle or ceremony "'ahu'ula" yellow and red feathers were rare given as gifts to Europeans

Staff God Cook Islands late 18th-early 19th century wood, paper mulberry bark, feathers could be the creator god Tangaroa very sacredly wrapped, to keep in sacred powers

Wooden sculptures from Nukuoro Micronesia late 18th-early 19th century wood Each of the figurines bore the name of a specific male or female deity which was associated with a particular extended family group, a priest and a specific temple. They were placed in temples and decorated with loom-woven bands, fine mats, feathers, paint or headdresses.

Hiapo (tapa) Polynesia (Lapita Peoples) 1850-1990 Tapa or barkcloth, free painting women's art for clothing, bedding and wall hangings. Textiles were often specially prepared and decorated for people of rank Tapa was ceremonially displayed on special occasions, such as birthdays and weddings. In sacred contexts, tapa was used to wrap images of deities. Some hiapo examples include writing, usually names, along the edges of the overall design.

Buk (mask) Mabuiag Island mid to late 19th century turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, shell, paint bottom human face middle face/body of bird top feathers many pieces representation of hero, ancestor, totem used at masquerade ceremonies connection to supernatural

Navigation charts (rebbelib) Marshall islands, Micronesia 19th century wood, shell Cowrie or other small shells represent the position of the islands. the horizontal and vertical sticks act as supports, while diagonal and curved ones represent wave swells

Malangan New Ireland, Papua New Guinea 1882-1883 wood, vegetable fiber, pigment and shell principally concerned with honoring and dismissing the dead also act as affirmation of the identity of clan groups negotiate the transmission of rights to land made to be used on a single occasion and then destroyed symbolic of identity, kinship, gender, death, and the spirit world representations of fish and birds of identifiable species, alluding both to specific myths and the animal's natural characteristics MASKS--commonly used at funeral rites both bid farewell to the dead and celebrate the living can represent ancestors, spiritual spirit very expensive to create

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