The Pacific700 – 1980 C.E.

Enduring Understandings

Distinguished by virtuosity with which materials are used and presented.

The sea is a major theme of Pacific art, as it both separates and connects the lands and peoples of the Pacific.

Pacific arts are an expression of beliefs, social relations, essential truths, and a compilation of information.

Pacific Arts are performed (danced, sung, recited, displayed) in an array of colors, scents, textures and movements which enact stories and convey truths.

Nan MadolPohnpei, Micronesia. Saudeleur Dynasty

c. 700-1600 CE Basalt boulders & prismatic columns

Moai on platform (ahu)Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

c. 1100 – 1600 C.E.Volcanic tuff figurines on a basalt base

‘Ahu ‘ula (Feather Cape)Hawaiian

Late 18th Century CEFeathers and Fiber

Staff godRarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia

Late 18th – early 19th Centure CEWood, Tapa, Fiber, and Feathers

Female deityNukuoro, Micronesia18th – 19th Century CE

Wood

Buk (mask)Torres Strait

Mid to late 19th Century CETurtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers and shell.

Hiapo(tapa)

Niue1850-1900 CE

Tapa or bark clothFreehand painting

Tamati Waka Nene

Maori Chief & convert to Weseyan Faith

Gottfried Lindauer1890 CE

Oil on Canvas

European Painting influences:Oil on canvas

Atmospheric perspectiveShading

3-D, solid figure¾ view

Navigation chartMarshall Islands, Micronesia

19th to 20th centure CEWood and Fiber

Malagan display and mask

New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea20th Century CE

Wood, Pigment, Fiber, and Shell

Presentaton of Fijian mats & tapa cloths to

Queen Elizabeth II

New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea

20th Century CE

Wood, Pigment, Fiber and Shell

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