Non-Western: Pacific Islands

Question 1

Answer 1

Jimmy Midjaw Midjaw

Three Dancers And Two Musicians: Corroboree Of Mimi, Spirits Of The Rocks,

Minjilang (Croker Island), West Arnhem Land, Australia.

Mid 20th century.

Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark,

23” × 35”

Question 2

Answer 2

Korambo (Haus Tambaran),

Kinbangwa village, Sepik River,

Papua New Guinea, Abelam,

20th century.

Question 3

Answer 3

Asmat Ancestral Spirit Poles (Bisj),

Buepis village, Fajit River,

West Papua Province, Indonesia.

c. 1960.

Wood, paint, palm leaves, and fiber,

height approx. 18‘

Question 4

Answer 4

Malagan Display,

Medina village, New Ireland,

Papua New Guinea.

c. 1930.

Height 6’10-5/8” width 11’5-3/4”

Question 5

Answer 5

Tubuan Mask Being Danced,

Tolai people,

Duke of York Islands, New Britain,

Papua New Guinea.

c. 1990.

Cloth, paint, fiber, and feathers.

Question 6

Answer 6

Wapepe Navigation Chart,

Marshall Islands.

19th century.

Sticks, coconut fiber, and shells,

29-1/2” × 29-1/2“

Question 7

Answer 7

Raharuhi Rukupo, master carver

TE-HAU-KI-TURANGA (MAORI MEETING HOUSE),

1842-1843, restored in 1935.

Question 8

Answer 8

Carved Figure From Storehouse Doorway,

Ngäti Päoa, Hauraki Gulf,

New Zealand.

1500-1800.

Wood, height 33-7/8“

Question 9

Answer 9

Feather Cloak, Known As The Kearny Cloak,

Hawaii.

c. 1843.

Red, yellow, and black feathers, olona cordage, and netting,

length 55-3/4”

Question 10

Answer 10

Moai Ancestor Figures,

Ahu Nau Nau, Rapa Nui (Easter Island).

c. ?1000-1500 CE,

restored 1978.

Volcanic stone (tufa),

average height approx. 36’ (11 m)

Question 11

Answer 11

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri

Man’s Love Story,

1978.

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas.

6’11-3/4” × 8’4-1/4”

Question 12

Answer 12

Shigeyuki Kihara,

Ulugali’i Samoa: Samoan Couple, 2004-2005.

C-type photograph, edition

5, 31-1/2” × 23-3/5”]