Pacific Flashcards
Wood floats if lost, shells are islands. Links are wind and water currents. Like lukasa. Helps because flat islands are hard to see. memorized before voyages
Navigation chart, marshall islands, Micronesia, 19-20th century, wood and fiber.
Manmade city of islands connected by canals. Capital of Saudleur dynasty. Split by class, higher up by king to keep power. Walls higher than islands to protect from waves. Shaped like boat.
Non madol, pohnpei/Micronesia, Saudleur dynasty, 700-1600, basalmic boulders, prismatic columns.
Abstract and angular, no face, minimalist. Joints and belly button detailed. For worship of goddess kawe. Statues were in shrine for community members to visit. Statues decorated and given gifts.
Female deity, Nukuro, Micronesia, 18-19th century, wood.
Made of coconut fiber and fabric with feathers tied on. Worn by high ranking people during ceremonies. Many feathers. Yellow shows power because rare, red is royal color. Cape protects because when made chant names of ancestors. Mana is spirit/power within.
Ahu’lua, Hawaiian, late 18th century, feathers and fiber.
Soak treebark and beat to make tapa fabric. Used stencils for patterns. Clothing. Women make and men get bark. Can tell story, but abstract. Could be ceremonial.
Hiapo(Tapa), Niue, 1850-1900, tapa or barkcloth, freehand painting.
Wood rod that goes thru figure at top. Large head, body within. Holds and protects soul of god. Tapa wraps around wooden shaft to protect pearl shells. Worships gods on culture. Europeans destroyed many to convert.
Staff god, Rarotonga, Cook islands, Polynesia, late 18th century- early 19th, wood, tapa, fibers and feather.
Carved wood, detailed paint. Red, yellow, and black represents magic and power. Patterns. Large hair. Commissioned after someone dies, represents soul of deceased. Have performance to free living from duties to ancestors, more on call to spirits. Useless after ceremony because no more spirit.
Malagan display and mask, paupa, new guinea.
Some have bird on top, combo of human/animal features. Made of turtle shells, unique to region. Long grass hair, wear with outfit of long grass. Worn for any special occasion, ceremonies that call on ancestors blessings.
Buk(mask), Torres strait, mid-late 19th century, turtle shell, wood, fibers, feathers, shell.
Portrait of Maori chief, used photo because made after his death. Has tattoos on face, a Maori tradition. Holds staff weapon, earrings represents mana/soul. Converted to Christianity. Artist inspired by European Royal portraits, made living painting chiefs.
Tamati Waka Bene, Gottfried Lindauer, 1890, oil on canvas.
. Long tapa laid down for queen Elizabeth 2 to walk on when she visited during tour of England colonies. Combined cultures on tapa images.
Presentation of Fijian mats at tapa cloths to queen Elizabeth 2, Fiji, Polynesia, 1953, multimedia performance
On Rapa Nui/Easter Island. Wear hats, stoic and thin face. Thin forehead and lips, pronounced brow and jaw. Bodies have tattooed backs. Represent original settler on island, thought of as gods. Face outer island for protection. Bases have cremated remains. Tied on a sled of tree fork, 180 people pulled with 2 ropes.
Moai on platform(ahu), Rapa Nui (easter Island), 1100-1600, Bulcanic tuff figures on basalt base.
