Arts104 Test 3
Interior of a ceremonial men's house
Abelam culture, located in the Sepick River region Papua New Guinea #6.5
Ancestral poles bisj
Asmat culture located in Papua New Guinea
Wowipitjsj
Asmat master woodcarver usually paid in food or tobacco.
Yeu
Asmat mens' houses.
Fly whisk
Austral Islands in the 19th c. made from wood, fiber, feather and shell
Tatau
Base word for the English term 'Tattoo'. The practice developed out of body painting, one of the oldest art forms in the world. Increases the person's mana with the more tattoos they posess. Some also believe tattoos can protect them from harm.
Bisj Mbu
Bisj Poles are ritual artifacts created and used by the Asmat people of south-western New Guinea. Bisj poles can be erected as an act of revenge, to pay homage to the ancestors, to calm the spirits of the deceased and to bring harmony and spiritual strength to the community.
Bai-ra-Irrai
Caroline Islands culture from Belau
Mana
Complex cultural idea of a sacred power.
Figure of a god or ancestor
Cook islands made from wood
Moai
Easter Island Pre-15th c.
Feather cloak
Hawai'i 19th c. made from feathers and fiber netting
Kukailimoku figure
Hawai'i 19th century made from wood
Detail of a design from a pottery vessel
Lapita c.1000-900 BCE
Meeting house interior
Maori 19th c. made from wood, shell, grass, flax and pigments
Tattooed Warrior
Marquesas ISlands from the 19th c.
War club
Marquesas made from wood
Malanggan tableau
New Ireland culture, made from wood, paint, sago palm leaves
Nan Madol landing and entry way
Pohnpei #6.8
Great Marae
Society Islands culture from Tahiti in the 18th century
Figurehead from a headhunting canoe
Solomon Islands in the 19th c. made from wood and shell pigment
Tapu
The mana residing within a person or object is protected by tapu.
Bark cloth
Tonga culture from the 20th century
Suspension Hook
Tonga in the 19th c. made from whale ivory
Ambum Stone
Western Highlands Papua New Guinea c. 8000 BCE made from igneous rock
Tiki
a large wooden or small greenstone image of a human figure.
Moai term
are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in eastern Polynesia between the years 1250 and 1500.
Poupou
is a wall panel located underneath the veranda of a Māori wharenui (meeting house).
Ariki
is or was a member of a hereditary chiefly or noble rank in Polynesia.
Makahiki
is the ancient Hawaiian New Year festival, in honor of the god Lono of the Hawaiian religion. It is a holiday covering four consecutive lunar months, approximately from October or November through February or March.
Marae
is the focal point of Māori communities throughout New Zealand. A marae is a fenced-in complex of carved buildings and grounds that belongs to a particular iwi (tribe), hapū (sub tribe) or whānau (family).
Sennit
plaited straw, hemp, or similar fibrous material made from dead fibre or grass, sometimes coconut fibers
Moko
the Maori system of tattooing. 2 : a Maori tattoo consisting of pigment rubbed into spiral grooves made in the skin with a small implement resembling an adz.
