Auuenau Western Arnhem Land, Australia 1913 ochre on bark 4 ft. 10 2/3 in. x 1 ft. 1 in.
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Transcript of Auuenau Western Arnhem Land, Australia 1913 ochre on bark 4 ft. 10 2/3 in. x 1 ft. 1 in.
THE ARTS OF OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA AND MELANESIA
Auuenau
Western Arnhem Land, Australia
1913ochre on bark4 ft. 10 2/3 in. x 1 ft. 1 in.
Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Untitled
1992synthetic polymer paint on canvas5 ft. 5 in. x 15 ft. 9 in.
Asmat bisj poles
Buepis village, Fajit River, Casuarina Coast, Irian Jaya, Melanesia
early to mid-20th century painted wood
ARTIST UNKNOWN, PAPUA (FORMERLY IRIAN JAYA)‘JAMASJ’ (WAR SHIELD)—CENTRAL ASMAT STYLE
Wood, lime, ochre, charcoal & sago leaf fibre141 x 65 x 15 cmRef# 27
The ceremonial Men's House, TamaranPrior to 1925other materialsNew Guinea, Sepik
Iatmul ceremonial men’s house
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
mid- to late 20th century
exposed interior of a ceremonial men’s house
Iatmul, Papua New Guinea
1953 - 1954b&w photograph
Elema hevehe masks retreating into the men’s house
Orokolo Bay, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
early to mid-20th century
Abelam yam mask
Maprik district, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
painted cane 1 ft.6 9/10 in.high
Tatanua mask
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
19th to 20th centuries wood 1 ft.5 1/2 in.high
Canoe prow and splashboard
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
19th to 20th centuries wood and paint1 ft.3 1/2 in.high, 1 ft. 11 in. long
MICRONESIA
Canoe prow ornament
Caroline Islands
late 19th century painted woodbirds 11 in. x 10 5/8 in.
Men’s ceremonial house
Republic of Belau
20th century
Dilukai
Republic of Belau
wood, pigment, and fiber1 ft. 11 5/8 in. high
POLYNESIA
Row of moai on a stone platform
Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Polynesia
10th to 12th centuries volcanic tuff and red scoria
Row of moai
Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Polynesia
10th to 12th centuries volcanic tuff and red scoria
Mele Sitani
Ngatu with manulua designs
Tonga, Polynesia
1967barkcloth
Staffgod (Tangaroa?)
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Polynesia
wood 2 ft.4 1/2 in.high
Hair ornaments
Marquesas Islands, Polynesia
collected in the 1870sbone1 1/2 in.high (left), 1 2/5 in.high (right)
Tattooed warrior with war club
Nukahiva, Marquesas Islands, Polynesia
early 19th centurycolor engraving in Carl Bertuch, Bilderbuch für Kinder (Weimar, 1813)
Feather cloak
from Hawaii, Polynesia
ca. 1824–1843 feathers and fiber netting 4 ft.8 1/3 in. X8 ft.
Kuka’ilimoku
from Hawaii, Polynesia
late 18th or early 19th centurywood2 ft.5 3/4 in.high (figure only)
Wepiha Apanui
meetinghouse (view of interior)
Whakatane, New Zealand, Polynesia
1871-75
John Henry Sylvester
Portrait of Te Pehi Kupe
1826watercolor8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.
Te Pehi Kupe
Self-Portrait
1826
Clif Whiting (Te Whanau-a-Apanui)
Tawhiri-Matea (God of the Winds)
Meteorological Service of New Zealand, Wellington
1984oil on wood and fiberboard6 ft. 4 3/8 in. x 11 ft. 10 3/4 in.
Discuss the variety of styles found in Oceania by comparing the bisj poles from New Guinae, the maoi from Easter Island, the Kukailimodu from Hawaii, and the canoe prow from the Trobriands.
Asmat bisj poles
Row of moaiRapa Nui (Easter Island), Polynesia
Kuka’ilimoku from Hawaii, Polynesia
Canoe prow and splashboardTrobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
Consult your analysis template consider WHY a work of art is made in the first place (Visual Analysis 2), and the art works PURPOSE/FUNCTION (Visual Analysis 3).