The Pacific Arts Vocabulary

Ahu

a stone platform on which moai were placed. ____ marked burial sites or were used for ceremonial purposes.

'Ahu 'ula

a Hawaiian feather cloak.

Moai

a large, blocky figural stone sculpture found on Rapa Nui (Easter Island).

Pou Tokomanawa

a sculpture of an ancestor that supports a ridge pole of a Maori meetinghouse.

Pukao

a small red scoria cylinder that appears as a hat on moai.

Tapa

bark cloth made particularly in Polynesia. is often dyed, painted, stenciled, and sometimes perfumed.