ART 232 Non Western Exam II Anderson University

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