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
