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Art traditions of the Pacific organized by region, material, and purpose.
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The moai on Rapa Nui ahu were erected along the coast with their backs to the sea. Whom did they face?
Nearly all Rapa Nui moai were carved at Rano Raraku and then moved to coastal ahu. What does that journey most clearly indicate?
In Rapa Nui art, an ahu is best understood as which kind of structure?
The colossal stone moai of Rapa Nui represented ancestral chiefs whose power was believed to do what?
What material was most commonly used for the monumental moai carved at Rano Raraku?
On the map, the point marks Rapa Nui. Is Rapa Nui part of Polynesia, Melanesia, or Micronesia?
A decorated hiapo from Niue is made from the inner bark of which plant?
A maker soaks and beats inner bark into a sheet of tapa. Which process does that material preparation rule out?
Several bark strips are overlapped and beaten into one wide tapa sheet. What is the purpose of that step?
Why were Hawaiian feather cloaks and helmets important prestige objects for high-ranking chiefs?
In Tahitian ritual, priests vigorously used a tahiri ra'a, or ceremonial fly whisk, for what purpose?
A Northern New Ireland malagan carving is displayed at a final memorial ceremony. What is its primary function in that setting?
After a malagan ceremony, many carvings were destroyed or allowed to rot. Where did their value chiefly reside?
In Northern New Ireland, a person's acquisition of rights to particular malagan images and rites could confer what?
Why might masks and musical instruments be kept after a malagan ceremony when many large carvings were not?
A mask from Bougainville is made of barkcloth stretched over a lightweight frame. What material forms that frame?
In New Ireland, the word malagan refers most accurately to what?
A Marshall Islands navigation chart uses curved ribs and shells within a fiber frame. What information does it encode?
Why is a Marshall Islands stick chart better understood as a knowledge object than as a picture of a landscape?
The lashings of a Marshallese rebbilib chart are made from coconut palm midribs and fiber. Which medium category best describes it?
Nan Madol on Pohnpei consists of artificial islets linked by canals. What was its central political and ritual role?
Nan Madol's massive walls were built primarily from which material?
A small Nukuoro female figure could be dressed in barkcloth and presented with offerings during festivals. It most likely functioned as what?
On the map, the point marks New Ireland in Papua New Guinea. Is this art tradition Polynesian, Melanesian, or Micronesian?
On the map, the point marks Pohnpei, home of Nan Madol. Is this art tradition Polynesian, Melanesian, or Micronesian?
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