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Art of the Pacific Islands

Art of the Pacific Islands. Katie Milliken. AKA Australia and friends. Wait…Where?. This is the pacific region. It includes Australia, Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaii, etc.), Micronesia, Melanesia(New Guinea) + other smaller cultures Peopled 50,000 yrs ago Pigs, taro Lapita in 1500 BCE

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Art of the Pacific Islands

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  1. Art of the Pacific Islands Katie Milliken AKA Australia and friends

  2. Wait…Where? • This is the pacific region. It includes Australia, Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaii, etc.), Micronesia, Melanesia(New Guinea) • + other smaller cultures • Peopled 50,000 yrs ago • Pigs, taro • Lapita in 1500 BCE • Chickens, Dogs, Yams • Spread in 1 BCE to rest of Pacific

  3. Lapita Pottery • Used special red slip • Largely geometric designs • These are fragments of a Large Lapita Jar from 1100 BCE

  4. Aborigines in Australia • Believe world shaped by spirit beings in Dreamtime • Originated in Arnhem Land • Rock Painting in West • X-ray depiction of animals

  5. Aborigines in Australia • Bark Painting in East • Taught and recorded sig. Events • Religious too ex. Wititj the serpent Depicted frequently • On Eucalyptus bark • Characteristic Cross-hatching called rarrk

  6. ~Kapa Bark Cloth ~Kapa Bark Cloth Melanesia • Agricultural and ritual based society • Women produced bark cloth • 700+ languages • Abelam society of New Guinea • Judge wealth on # of pigs or yams (which reach 12 ft long) • Tamberan House: ceremonial secret house • no women/children allowed

  7. New Ireland • Society relies on rituals called malanggan for every significant event in life • Ex. weddings, funerals, etc. • Used to validate property+ relations

  8. New Ireland • Tantua dances • Use masks to commemorate death • 1 of 3 souls of dead • Paint colors symbolic: White-magic, red-violent death, black- warfare, then blue and yellow

  9. Micronesia • Many coral atolls but some volcanic basalt • Nan Madol- left over relics of a dynasty long dead • Up to 1000 people at a time • Enormous complex built with stones • Layered like lincoln logs to 25 ft

  10. Polynesia • Different cultures with generally similar languages • Last area mapped by Europeans • Capt. James Cook • “Found” Hawaii • Traded for artwork but missed the sig. of items • Turned long time family heirlooms into souvenirs

  11. Polynesia • Easter Island • Temples called Marae with platforms called ahu • Moai- easter island heads built on these structures • Most 36 ft tall but tallest unfinished 70 ft • Stopped erecting around 1500 • Collapse: warfare +overpopulation

  12. Polynesia • Marquesa Island • Only six inhabited • Known for warfare and cannabalism • Greatest decline in pop from contact with Europeans • Down to <2000 by 1930 due to disease (smallpox) • War Club= most common weapon

  13. Polynesia • New Zealand • Maori culture depicted with • Hei-tiki: carved pendant of human figure • Most precious possession • Moko: facial tattoos • Both genders • Personalized • Lintel Carving • Symbolized power and prestige • Meeting houses • Used bargeboards to connect gable

  14. Polynesia • Hawaiian Islands • Several chiefdoms later united • Remained so until 1872 • Discovered by James Cook • Tapa/Kapa= bark cloth • Highly prized • Missionaries taught quilt making • Used kahili- feather standards And other décor to honor monarchy • Reintegration: using European methods with traditional themes

  15. Bibliography • http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1766/lapita-pottery • Art History Textbook • http://www.clarku.edu/~jborgatt/tamberan.htm

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