Quiz 2

Question 1

Mask

Answer 1

Malangan Mask, before 1884, New Ireland, Papa New Guinea
Funeral Ceremonies and Memorial Festivals bid farewell to the dead and celebrate the vibrancy of the living.
The ownership of Malangan objects is similar to the modern notion of copyright
expensive feasts months after death

Question 2

Easter Island Heads

Answer 2

Hoa Hakananai’a, Moai, Rano Kao, Rapa Nui, 1200 CE
887
1 of 14 Basalt
Commemorate important ancestors
carvings added later ceremonial designs

Question 3

Feather Cloak

Answer 3

‘Ahu’ula (feather cloak), Hawaii, 1800
Chief Regalia class
red commonly worn by chief yellow also predominantly found because of its rarity
Princess Nāhi‘ena‘ena descendant of the ali’i and most elite echelons of Maui

Question 4

Snake Head Statue

Answer 4

Coatlicue, 1500 CE, Mexica (Aztec)
Basalt
She of the Sepent Skirt
10ft tall
Story conception
created buried found buried found again

Question 5

Paper

Answer 5

Codex Mendoza, Viceroyalty of New Spain, 1541-1542
commissioned by and named after Antonio de Mendoza to record info about the Mexica (Aztec) Empire
lined by calendar of the first 51 years of the Aztec Empire under Tenochs rule
Aztec Ancestors were told by deity to leave homelands and build where they saw an eagle atop a cactus growing from a rock. He informed them that when they saw this sign, they should settle and build their city.