GALLERY 4
THE PACIFIC

Works covered in the Assignments

• Nan Madol. Pohnpei, Micronesia. Saudeleur Dynasty. c. 700–1600 C.E. Basalt boulders and prismatic columns.

• Moai on platform (ahu). Rapa Nui (Easter Island). c. 1100–1600 C.E. Volcanic tuff gures on basalt base.

• ‘Ahu ‘ula (feather cape). Hawaiian. Late 18th century C.E. Feathers and ber.

• Female deity. Nukuoro, Micronesia. c. 18th to 19th century C.E. Wood.

• Buk (mask). Torres Strait. Mid- to late 19th century C.E. Turtle shell, wood, ber, feathers, and shell.

• Hiapo (tapa). Niue. c. 1850–1900 C.E. Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting.

• Tamati Waka Nene. Gottfried Lindauer. 1890 C.E. Oil on canvas.

• Navigation chart. Marshall Islands, Micronesia. 19th to early 20th century C.E. Wood and ber.

• Malagan display and mask. New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. c. 20th century C.E. Wood, pigment, ber, and shell.

Works you'll need to Independantly Learn - 2 

• Staff god. Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia. Late 18th to early 19th century C.E. Wood, tapa, ber, and feathers.

• Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II. Fiji, Polynesia. 1953 C.E. Multimedia performance (costume; cosmetics, including scent; chant; movement; and pandanus ber/hibiscus ber mats), photographic documentation.