The Pacific

Question 1

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Answer 1

Nan Madol. Pohnpei, Micronesia. Saudeleur Dynasty. c. 700–1600 C.E. Basalt boulders and prismatic columns.

Era: Pacific - Micronesia

• Prismatic columns

Question 2

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Answer 2

Moai on platform (ahu). Rapa Nui (Easter Island). c. 1100–1600 C.E. Volcanic tuff gures on basalt base.

Era: Pacific - Easter Island

Question 3

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Answer 3

‘Ahu ‘ula (feather cape). Hawaiian. Late 18th century C.E. Feathers and ber.

Era: Pacific - Hawaii

Question 4

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Answer 4

Staff God. Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia. Late 18th to early 19th century C.E. Wood, tapa, ber, and feathers.

Era: Pacific - Cook Islands

• Community-based piece

Question 5

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Answer 5

Female Deity. Nukuoro, Micronesia. c. 18th to 19th century C.E. Wood.

Era: Pacific - Micronesia

• Reliquary figure

Question 6

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Answer 6

Buk Mask. Torres Strait. Mid- to late 19th century C.E. Turtle shell, wood, ber, feathers, and shell.

Era: Pacific - Torres Strait

Question 7

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Answer 7

Hiapo (tapa) c. 1850–1900 C.E. Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting.

Era: Pacific - Niue

• Protect the mana of an object or deity

Question 8

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Answer 8

Tamati Waka Nene. Gottfried Lindauer. 1890 C.E. Oil on canvas.

Era: Pacific - Maori
Artist: Gottfried Lindauer

• Super big deal if destroyed because it’s like destroying the actual person

Question 9

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Answer 9

Navigation Chart. Marshall Islands, Micronesia. 19th to early 20th century C.E. Wood and ber.

Era: Pacific - Marshall Islands

• Personalized (people made it for themselves)
• Not brought onto sea because too fragile

Question 10

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Answer 10

Malagan display and mask. New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. c. 20th century C.E. Wood, pigment, ber, and shell.

Era: Pacific - Cook Islands

• Made for one occasion then destroyed

Question 11

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Answer 11

Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II. Fiji, Polynesia. 1953 C.E. photographic documentation.

Era: Pacific - Fiji