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Oceania VOCAB Flashcards

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Dreamtime

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The realm of the spirit ancestors or “Dreamings” in Aboriginal cosmology

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Dreamings

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Totemic spirits of the dead ancestors in Aborigine culture

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malanggan

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the accouterments and festivals associated with funeral rites in New Ireland

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tatanua

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a type of funeral ceremony mask made by the people of New Ireland that represents a
particular dear departed member of the community

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bai

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men’s ceremonial house of Belau

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Dilukai

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Carved wooden female figure in splayed pose affixed on the front of a bai

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ahu

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The stone platform that supports the moai of Rapa Nui

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tuff

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a soft stone composed of volcanic ash that was ejected during a volcanic eruption

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pukao

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carved stone hat or topknot surmounting a moai

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barkcloth

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a fibrous cloth made from the paper mulberry tree, aka tapa

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tapa

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Polynesian word for barkcloth made out of mulberry tree fibers.

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ngatu

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decorated barkcloth made in Tonga

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kautaha

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barkcloth guild, made up of women

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kupesi

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an embroidered design tablets for ngatu production made out of coconut midrib fibers, usually created by men for women tapa artists.

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moko

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Maori word for tattoo markings

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heiau

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a Hawaiian temple

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‘ahu ‘ula

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an elaborate and vibrant Hawaiian royal feather cloak

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wharenui

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Maori meeting house

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marae

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communal or sacred places important to the religious and social needs of Polynesian
societies

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pou tokomanawa

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carved in the round figures representing ancestors that hold up the roof of a Maori meetinghouse.

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poupou

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relief panels representing ancestors on the interior walls of Maori meetinghouses

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