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ARH 390 Exam 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Melanesia | large portions of this island group were connected by land - Sahul which was separated from Sunda (another continental shelf linking Indonesia and the Philippines) influenced by the culture of indonesia |
| Micronesia | includes Nan Madol, Pohnpei (92 islets) and the Caroline Islands. east of melanesia. first occupied around 1500BC |
| Polynesia | french - includes Tahiti and the Marquesas western - Tonga and Samoa New Zealand Hawaii, Easter Island |
| Australasia | Australia and New Zealand |
| Caroline Islands | part of Micronesia |
| New Ireland | part of Melanesia - art called malanggan |
| Mariana Islands | in micronesia with houses on stilts |
| Marquesas | islands in French Polynesia |
| Papua New Guinea | (Abelam and Asmat) part of Melanesia |
| Australia | (Aboriginal) Island-continent |
| New Zealand | (Maori) discovered by abel janszoon tasman in 1642. claimed for britain in 1789 by captain james cook. Part of Polynesia and Australasia |
| Easter Island | (Rapa Nui) Polynesia; had Moai |
| Malanngan | New Ireland funerary ceremonies in which works of art are displayed |
| Figi | |
| Tonga | western Polynesia |
| Samoa | western Polynesia |
| Tahiti | French Polynesia |
| Hawaii | Polynesia |
| mimi | Australian aboriginal spirits from the "Dreamtime." |
| mana | The polynesian belief that works of art, other objects, and people may have sacred powers |
| tapu | rules that must not be broken to protect mana |
| bai | literally - "community house" for dances, feasts, and ceremonies. Sometimes used as a men's meeting house, but also used by the community. |
| tiki | generalized term for a polynesian stylized sculptural form of an ancestor figure - venerated. |
| u'u | a war club |
| tifaifai | polynesian applique and piecework fabrics made by women; royal symbols |
| whakairo | Maori (NZ) word meaning "to carve" |
| kukailimoku | Hawaiian war god (the snatcher of land) |
| malanggan | New Ireland funeral ceremonies in which artworks are displayed |
| tohunga | Maori (NZ) craftsmen-priests (noble status), generally wood carvers in NZ. |
| poupou | carved wooden panels found in Maori (NZ) meeting houses and communal centers and at marae. |
| lapita pottery | you can date all of the Oceanic islands by the carbon dating of this type of pottery examples and when they occurred. found all over S. Pacific: in Melanesian and Polynesian art |
| maoi | sacred ancestors (some are 40 ft. tall) 10th-12th Centuries CE ; Easter Island; sit on ahu; some have pukau (stone hats or top-notches- few remaining are made of red scoria) |
| Rapa Nui | Easter Island; "Navel of the World" |
| Bai Ra Irrai | used for dances, feasts, and council meetings on Belau Caroline Islands |
| Ambum | Ambum Stone in Ambum Valley, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia |
| Asmat | Island in New Guinea; war shields are used for ceremonial purposes, human form atop to represent a warrior; symbols of fruit-eating batts represent war and protection; originally head hunters |
| Abelam | culture and island in Papau New Guinea |
| Lapita | type of pottery found in Oceania that is used to date the islands |
| Bisj | ancestral poles in New Guinea; mantis-like figures, sexual references, deceased primary ancestors on top, other ancestors on the bottom. |
| australian bark painting | austalian x-ray style arts with kangaroo artwork |
| Paul Gauguin | French artist fascinated by Tahitian art, patterns |
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