ART 105 Module 8 - Quiz

poupou

A decorated wall panel in a maori meetinghouse

Heveche

An elaborate cycle of ceremonial activities performed by the Elema people of the Papuan Gulf region of New Guinea; also the masks used in these ceremonies.

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?

Ancestral chiefs

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

Australia

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?

Flying fox

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

Maori

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

Specific ancestors

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

They represent spirits of specific deceased people.

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

all of the above may be involved in the process (dyeing and painting, stenciling, perfuming)

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

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

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 __________________.

koru

'ahu 'ula

A Hawaiian feather cloak

Dilukai

A female figure with splayed legs, A common motif over the entrance of the belau bai, serving as both guardian and fertility symbol

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

Clan members enter and exit the second story

ngatu

Decorated tapa made by women in tonga