UNIT 9: Pacific Islands 700-1980 CE
UNIT 9: Pacific Islands 700-1980 CE
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KEY IDEAS
KEY IDEAS
Strong gender roles for creating art: Men = wood carving, women = tapa cloths
Wood is the primary material: they have perfected woodcarving
The use of natural materials such as fibers (plant materials), pigments, bones, sea ivory and shell, tortoise shell, wood, coral, and stone are very important to the meaning and symbolism of the artworks
Intricate lines and details
Art of Easter Island is unusual in Oceanic art
Heavily influenced by the sea (point of isolation and connecting through travel and trade).
Art is in the form of performances, chants, dances, or rituals. Objects of dress/costumes or masks are used as props or disguises in religious rituals. They are not produced for aesthetic reasons.
Sculptures representing life forces in the supernatural world are often wrapped (usually in tapa). The life force is referred to as mana. Mana is protected and defended by the act of wrapping called tapu.
"Artworks" are displayed in the men's communal house
QUICK HISTORY
QUICK HISTORY
700-1980
Some of the oldest inhabited areas on Earth (The Aboriginals reached Australia 30,000-50,000 years ago)
Some places only inhabited up to 1000 years ago (remote islands of the Pacific, Easter Island, New Zealand)
We know about the culture of these areas because of explorations in the 18th century
Nan Madol. Pohnpei, Micronesia. Saudeleur Dynasty. c. 700-1600 C.E. Basalt boulders and prismatic columns.
'Ahu 'ula (feather cape). Hawaiian. Late 18th century C.E. Feathers and fiber.
Moai on platform (ahu). Rapa Nui (Easter Island). c. 1100-1600 C.E. Volcanie tuff figures on basalt base. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/civilization/giants.html
Staff god. Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia. Late 18th to early 19th century C.E. Wood, tape, fiber and feather.
Hiapo (tapa). Niue. c. 1850-1900 C.E. Tape or bark cloth, freehand painting.
Short video demonstration about the making of bark cloth
Buk (mask). Torres Strait. Mid- to late 19th century C.E. Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers and shell.
Documentary about Torres Strait
Navigation chart. Marshall Islands, Micronesia. 19th to early 20th century C.E. Wood and fiber. NOAA video
Female deity. Nukuoro, Micronesia. c. 18th to 19th century C.E. Wood.
Tamati Waka Nene, Gottfried Lindauer. 1890 C.E. Oil on canvas.
Benjamin Pittman on Tamati Waka Nene - Part 1
Benjamin Pittman on Tamati Waka Nene - Part 2
Benjamin Pittman on Tamati Waka Nene - Part 3
Malagan display and mask. New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. c. 20th century C.E. Wood, pigment, fiber and shell. Dallas Museum of Art article
Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II.
RESOURCES
RESOURCES
https://pacificmask.weebly.com/
"Voyage to the moai of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)" www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/the-pacific/v/voyage-moai
Journalist Becomes First Person With Māori Face Tattoo To Anchor Mainstream News Program https://blavity.com/journalist becomes-first-person-with-maori-face-tattoo-to-anchor-news-program?fbclid=IwAR1P0q_wKMQr9kZXFuT6sQ_icIAmhfLEaRHX-K82aUwpKVbttc-fj_MCGMU&category1=news
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