AP Art History: Pacific Art

Easter Island Moai (ahu) Rapa Nui (easter island)

1100-1600 C.E, Volcanic tuff on basalt base

Function: representation of spirit of ancestral chiefs

Nan Madol

700-1600 C.E, basalt boulders in slabs on coral reefs, no mortar was used

Function: Capitol for important people and king, commercial center/ educational center

'Ahu "ula (feather cape) Hawaiian

late 18th century, honeycreeper feathers and fiber

function:for armor of the warriors OR to show the high rank of chiefs in community, king

Staff God: Rarotonga, cook islands(central polynesia)

late 18th century, wood tapa(bark cloth), fiber, feathers

Function: protect the spirit of the Tangaroa the creator god

female deity: Nukuoro, micronesia

wood from breadfruit tree, carved with shells or western metal blades

function: Association with family group, priest or temple, harvest festivals

Buk (mask)

Mid-late 19th century, turtle shell,wood fiber, feathers,shell

function: part of masquerade costume

Hiapo (tapa) Niue ( niueans)

1850-1900, Tapa or bark cloth, free hand painting

Function: cultural exchange, special occasions such as weddings and birthdays. decorated for people of rank, protect deities, funerals

Navigation chart: Marshall Islands, Micronesia

19th to early 20th century, would/shells

function: navigation chart

Malagan display and mask: New island province, Papua, new guinea

20th century, wood, pigment , fiber and shell

function: funeral purposes

Processional welcoming of Queen Elizabeth II to Tonga with tapa cloth

1953, bark cloth, pandnaus fiber/ hibiscus fiber mats

Function: multi media performance