last art quiz

Satimbe

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

'Ahu 'Ula

A Hawaiian feather cloak

Heiau

A Hawaiian temple

Nduen fobara

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

Tiki

A Marquesas Islands three-dimensional carving of an exalted, deified ancestor figure

Totem pole

A Native American carved tree trunk featuring a vertical row of stylized heads

Uli

A New Ireland statuary type of standing figure with male genitals and female breasts, used in malanggan rituals

Pueblo

A communal multistoried dwelling made of stone of adobe brick by the Native Americans of the Southwest; uppercase- refers to various groups that occupied such dwellings

Tattoo

A permanent design on the skin produced using indelible dyes; Derives from the Tahitian, Samoan, and Tongan word tatau or tatu

Nkisi n'kondi

A power figure carved by the Kongo people of the Democratic Republic of Congo; Embodied spirits believed to heal and give life or be capable of inflicting harm or death

Kiva

A square of circular underground structure that is the spiritual and ceremonial enter of Pueblo Indian life

Ahu

A stone platform on which the moai of Rapa Nui stand; Marked burial sites or served ceremonial purposes

Katsina

An art form of Native Americans of the Southwest; dolls that represent benevolent supernatural spirits living in mountains and water sources

Hevehe

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

Bisj pole

An elaborately carved pole constructed from the trunk of a mangrove tree to indicate intent to avenge a relative's death

Asye usu

Balue bush spirits

Kente

Brightly colored patterned cloth woven by Asante men on horizontal looms in long, narrow strips sewn together to form toga-like robes

Malanggan

Festivals held in honor of deceased in New Ireland; Also carvings and objects produced for these festivals

Mana

In Polynesia, spiritual power

Moai

Large, blocky figural stone sculptures food on Rapa Nui in Polynesia

Mbulu ngulu

The wood and metal reliquary guardian figures of the Kota in Gabon

Bieri

The wood reliquary guardian figures of the Fang in Gabon and Cameroon