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elements of pacific art
limited technology, tribal life expressed, daily life and religion are central
kakadu national park, australia
aboriginal rock cutting of animals and human figures
define aborigine
from the beginning
uluru, the outback, australia
isolated sandstone rock important in anangu aborigine group
mimi
spirit spearing kangaroo, first taught artists to paint
ephemeral living
physical and spirit realm
tjukurrpa
"the dreaming" where spirits create and change landscape
jimeran
making oneself while making art
what is the desert style of aboriginal art?
dots, bright colors, earth tones, landscapes, spirit representation, pathways
korwar
skull jar kept in home for communication
asmat
Neolithic culture with complex language, practiced head hunting
asmat ow
"we the tree people"
wow-ipits
"woodcarving man"
themes in asmat art
fruit=heads
fruit eating animals=headhunting
s incision to remove insides
c represents nose ring
bis poles
place to draw spirits to avoid them harming
strength and power
symbolizing avenging the death of the head hunted
what people can have mana
artists, chiefs and their families, and nobles
what kind of objects hold mana
ritual and skill objects, made for God's, chief, or passed through generations
tapu
rule that can't be broken protect mana
marae
sacred ceremonial enclosure
tatau
tattooing is ritual mana that can't be taken away
kuka'ilimoku
war god and snatcher of islands
couched position: prepared for war
chin up: "you're nothing"
kearny cloak
enclosed circle made of feathers: wrapped in the gods
rongorongo
Rapa Nui written language
rapa nui male figure—moai kava kava
made of wood and bird bone eyes, bodies naturally mummified, bird bone made figure "alive"
moai (easter island heads
volcanic tuff: easy to cut
partially buried bodies
moai platform
ahu
moai topknots
pukao
maui
stole fire to give to people and created islands
long canoes—waka tava
carvings out of soft wood reflecting tattoos with figures on the front to intimidate
Te-Hau-Ki-Turanga
maori meeting house representing the body of raharuki rukupo's brother
Zimbabwe nok culture
music, dance, visual arts
mukenga helmet mask
becoming "that spirit" when putting mask on
wood, glass, cowrie shells, feathers
Yoruba culture
Ile-Ife
agriculture, iron tools, wood and ivory art
terra-cotta and bronze "portrait-heads"
nok heads
wide open mouth, eyes, and nostrils
halfway between ceramics and sculpture "leather hard"
head of an oni
yoruba
to hang king's regalia on
inlay for attachments
ewa
beauty
ewa inu
inner beauty
ewa ode
outer beauty
ashe
creativity
odo
youthfulness
jijora
true portrait
amewa
critic (one who knows beauty)
oba
benin
"the great head"
benin kingdom living situation
queen mother lived outside palace walls, artists lived inside
iyoba
bronze with inlaid eyes made for altars
becomes more bulky to use more brass to show wealth
plaque with oba and attendants
brass with eyes uncovered and mouths covered with coral necklace to represent blood
palace altars to THE HEAD OF oba ewaka II
staffs to band and make noise to wake the spirits up
pectoral or hip mask of iyoba idia
represents the presence of queen mother upon separation
mbari house for goddess Ala and family
1. fence built around for privacy
2. mud dug to built the house
3. white plates embedded
ala will punish or reward
dancing mbari
women break into termite mounds for wet clay to design sculptures
santeria
west African and cotholocism religion
elegba
Santeria god of crossroads
ogun
Santeria god of iron and war
oshun
santeria female river spirit, goddess of love
vodun (lwa)
west African, kong, angola, and catholicism
rada altars
Haitian vodun
bizango
haitian secret society
catholicism and free masons
restraining the darkness
vodun flags
holy flags with figure
erzuli freda
mother of sorrows—mary
dambala
creator shown as a serpent
ceremony in a vodun temple
designed to call the lwa to the celebration with cornmeal to be swept
gede
drunk partying family
bawon samdi lwa
cane and top hat representing day between Good Friday and resurrection sunday
chavin de huantar
religious site people travelled to
lanzon
pillar with half man half beast carving with tunnels built around pillar
raimondi stele
bas relief of a god figure
"staff god" ornate staff
complex and confusing on drugs
substitution—snakes for hair
suggested hallucinogens used
doors with broken mirror so light can shine and confuse the drugs
paracas mantle
made from llama, alpaca, camelids
knit, ornate and detailed
dancing in a trance in composite pose
colorful, repetitive, geometric patterns
