Oceanic Art Flashcards
3 case studies
New Zealand Maori art, Malanggan funerary sculpture (New Ireland, PNG) & the art of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
New Zealand Maori art context and main art forms
Last major land mass to be discovered and settled on by humans. The largest polynesian population. Belong o several different ‘Iwi’, of which the largest ‘Iwi’ are seperated into ‘Hapu’ (sub-clans).
Poutokomanawa figures, Poupou panels, Pare lintels & Manaia figures, Tauihu canoe figure heads, Hei Tiki pendants, Wakahuia treasure boxes.
Malanggan context and main art forms
Papua New Guinea the largest and most populous nation in Melanesia. One of the most linguistically diverse regions in the world. Arts extremely diverse.
Funerary sculptures and Tatanua masks.
Arts of Rapa Nui context and main art forms
One of the last places on earth to be discovered by humans, very small, no running water. A lot of environmental and human crises, population fluctuated between 15,000 to 38. Half enslaved and taken to Peru and 97% of the remaining population killed by introduced diseases.
Moai, Moai Tangata & Moai Papa, Moai Kavakava & Moai Moko, Barkcloth images, imagery of the Birdman Cult.
