Terms : Hide Images
| 8117284119 | Ambum stone | Ambum valley, Papua New Guinea. 1500 BCE. Neolithic. Greywacke-sandstone with quartz. Hard to carve. Oldest known in Pacific. Discovered in cave in mountains. Possibly representing the embryo of a echidna/ant eater. Greater level of detail than others of this time. |  | 0 |
| 8117299285 | Nan Madol | Pohnpei, federated states of Micronesia. Sudeleur Dynasty. 700 BCE-1600 CE. Basalt boulders and prismatic columns. Name means "spaces between". Huge stones=megalithic, stacked, Seawalls and breakers protect area from ocean. Largest complex like this in Micronesia. Important home of king, administrative center. |  | 1 |
| 8117313884 | Moai on platform (ahu) | Easter Island (Rapu Nui). 1100-1600 CE. Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base. Sacred religious sites, possibly memorials. 1,000 found, 400 unfinished. Abt 36ft. Watch over island. Many had designs on backs. |  | 2 |
| 8117336805 | 'Ahu 'ula (feather cape) | Hawaiian. Late 18th cent CE. Feathers and fiber. Full length cloak. High social status. Red= high statutes/rank, symbol of chiefs. Crescents and half crescents would be full when worn. Gifts to important visitors. Spiritual power and one's mana. Protective= worn to battle to protect them. |  | 3 |
| 8117351268 | Staff god | Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia. Late 18th-early 19th cent CE. Wood, tapa, fiber and feathers. 13ft long. Wrapped in tapa with feathers. Carved phallus at other end=Fertility. Function unknown. |  | 4 |
| 8117363155 | Female diety | Nukuoro, Micronesia. 18th-19th cent CE. Wood. Stylized simple wooden statue of female. 15" with short legs, large torso. Decorated with feathers, headdresses, bands. Marked beginning of harvest. Placed in temples. |  | 5 |
| 8117374270 | Buk mask | Torres Strait. Mid to late 19th cent CE. Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, and shell. Part of a part of a larger costume for a performance. 3 parts: human face, bird on top, feathers on top of bird. Many destroyed when Europeans came. Rare to have one. |  | 6 |
| 8117393265 | Hiapo (tapa) | Niue, Polynesia. 1850-1900 CE. Tapa or bark cloth. Freehand painting. Samoan missionaries brought these to Niue. Purpose unknown. Women generally made material arts like this. Small blanket/skirt. Geometric and asymmetric. |  | 7 |
| 8117404003 | Tamati Waka Nene | New Zealand. By Gotfired Lindauer. 1890 CE. Oil on canvas. Likely based on photograph. Important leader who lived through a period of rapid change in NZ when British came. Wearing a Kahu kiwi, cloak covered in kiwi feathers and earring. Holding weapon. Face tattoo= moko, symbolizes rank/status. Embodiment/idol of Nene for people to talk to his spirit. |  | 8 |
| 8117426054 | Navigation chart | Marshall Islands, Micronesia. 19th-20th cent CE. Wood and fiber (coconut). Sticks showed typical ocean currents and wave patterns. Showed land (shells) and path from one island to the next. Charts usually memorized and not taken on voyages. Passed gen to gen. |  | 9 |
| 8117461850 | Malagan display and mask | New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. 20th cent CE. Wood, pigment, fiber and shell. Death and commemorative rites to honor deceased, give power to next ruler or honor young men and women in adulthood (sim to Bundu mask tradition) Ceremonies. After, statues usually destroyed or sold bc no longer active. Had face tattoos. |  | 10 |
| 8117482555 | Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloth to Queen Elizabeth II. | Fiji, Polynesia. 1953 CE. Multimedia performance- cosmetics, scent, chant, movement, mats. English colony at the time. Mats simple in design, which means it has more meaningful function and is more important. |  | 11 |
