APAH Works Quick Notes

Unit 2: The Pacific

Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloth to Queen Elizabeth II during the 1953 royal tour

  • Identifiers

    • Fiji

    • 1953

    • Photo

  • Themes - Utilitarian, ceremonies, status, appropriation, political,

  • Form

    • Photograph of the presentation

    • tapa cloth made of bark and painted with geometric designs

    • made by women

  • Function

    • was to show good standing with Fiji and Great Britain

    • used in import ceremonies weddings, funeral

    • this one was for Queen Elizabeth’s visit

    • displays the importance of GB & and the queen to the Fijians

  • Content

    • THE FOCUS OF THE PHOTO IS THE CULTURE AND THEM HOLDING THE CEREMONY FOR HER

    • women making their way through seated men

    • carrying rolled mats in a ceremony

  • Context

    • Fiji is part of the British Commonwealth (which is a region that was once a part of Great Britain)

  • Extra

    • tapa had many uses

    • appropriation is the act of taking something culturally that is not yours and bc QE is not Fijian

    • this can fall into cultural appropriation

Unit 3:

09/03

09/04

Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings

  • Identifiers

    • 450-1300 CE

    • Colorado / Four Corners States area

    • sandstone

    • Themes: Site-specific, architecture, domestic, man vs nature

  • Form

    • dwellings carved into the side of a cliff

    • small connecting rooms and living areas

  • Function

    • living space/dwelling

    • storage

    • ceremonies

  • Content

    • Pueblos carved directly into the side of a cliff

    • homes/meeting spaces/ceremonies halls

  • Context

    • in the 1200s

Great Serpent Mound

  • Identifiers

    • c. 0170

    • southern Ohio

    • earthwork

    • Themes: Man vs Nature, site-specific, animals

  • Form

    • snake-shaped mound in the earth

    • head is NW tail is

    • can only see from high above

  • Function

    • native American Stonehenge

    • head aligns with the sun on the summer solstice

    • tail point to the winter

    • curves or parallel with the lunar fazes

    • could’ve been used as a compass

    • may have marked times to plant/harvest

    • no burials

  • Content

    • curled snake that has an open mouth/jaw that is about to eat an egg

    • the egg represents the sun

    • latest serpent culture in the world

  • Context

    • midwest us region

    • ag lead to a population boom

    • many mound made by native American cultures

    • no written records

    • many were destroyed

    • baffling

  • Extra

    • compare to Stonehenge

Templo Mayor (Main Temple)

  • Identifiers

    • c. 1325-1520

    • Mexico City, Mexico


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