Art 105 - Exam 4

poupou

A decorated wall panel in a Maori meetinghouse.

Dilukai

A female figure with splayed legs, a common motif over the entrance to a Belau bai, serving as both guardian and fertility symbol.

Clan members enter and exit the second story

An Iatmul ceremonial men's house represents an enormous female ancestor. The reenactment of death and rebirth was performed how?

koru

The upward and downward unrolled spirals tattooed on Te Pehi Kupe's forehead convey that he is descended from two important tribes. These spirals are called

Heveche

An elaborate cycle of ceremonial activities performed by the Elema people of the Papuan Gulf region of New Guinea. Also, the large, ornate masks produced for and presented during these ceremonies.

Specific ancestors

Figure carvings on a Maori meetinghouse represent which of the following?

'Ahu 'ula

Hawaiian feather cloaks

Maori

In the 1984 work entitled Tawhiri-Matea, Cliff Whiting successfully combines traditional wood carving and creation myths from his Polynesian culture:

Nkisi n'kondi

Kongo power figure statues, often diecting men pierced with nails and blades, used to heal or inflict harm

They represent spirits of specific deceased people.

Tatanua masks are part of the Malanggan mortuary ceremonies. Which of the following describes the function of tatanua masks?

Australia

The concept of Dreamings, ancestral spirit beings like the one depicted in this bark painting, is associated with the natives of which country?

a veranda post

This beautiful carving is by Olowe of Ise. What was its practical function?

Akati Akpele Kendo

This life-size, iron figure was once the centerpiece in a circle of swords. It was created by a prisoner of war, and we know his name:

Homage to Steve Biko

This powerful collage by artist Willie Bester is entitled

Ikegobo

a Benin royal shrine

Bieri

in the art of the Fang people, a reliquary guardian figure

Great Zimbabwe grain bins were symbols of:

royal power and generosity, as the king received tribute in grain and dispensed it to the people in times of need.

This mask made by the Mende is unique because:

women rather than men are the masqueraders

Satimbe

"Sister on the head." A Dogon (Mali) mask representing all women.

nduen fobara

A Kalabari Ijaw (Nigeria) ancestral screen in honor of a deceased chief of a trading house.

Mbari

A ceremonial Igbo (Nigeria) house built about every 50 years in honor of the earth goddess Ala.

flying fox

Bisj poles serve as pledges to avenge a relative's death; many of the animal representations that decorate the poles are related to headhunting. Which of the following animals might be represented?

ngatu

Decorated tapa made by women in Tonga.

a Greek cross

The Christian church of Beta Giorghis was carved directly out of the Ethiopian bedrock. It is in the form of:

important events and myths related to the clan who built the bai

The decorated storyboards on Belau men's ceremonial houses illustrate:

The Ife King sculpture is a prime example of

The enlargement of the Head associated with many African sculptures and the idealized naturalism

Portuguese

The ivory Sapi salt cellar is symbolic of the relationship of this African culture with the

Ancestral chiefs

The moai serve as silent sentinels on stone platforms called ahu, which mark burial sites or sites used for religious ceremonies. Based on this, which of the following would the moai depict?

dyeing, painting, stenciling, and perfuming

The production of barkcloth (tapa) by high-ranking Tongan women involves:

Benin

The waist pendant of a Queen Mother is a superb example of this culture's art: