***Thank you to VALERIE WHITE of Vista High School, for all her help.  All APAH content and information made  possible from her hard work.  
Also, thank you to Dr. Robert Coad for his guidance and materials.
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FLASHCARDS IMAGES
1. NAN MADOL
2. MOAI ON PLATFORM
3. AHU 'ULA (FEATHER CAPE)
4. STAFF GOD (WRAPPED)
5. STAFF GOD (UNWRAPPED)
6. FEMALE DEITY
7. BUK (MASK)
8. HIAPO (TAPA)
9. TAMATI WAKA NENE
10. NAVIGATION CHART
11. MALAGAN MASK
12. PRESENTATION OF FIGIAN MATS AND TAPA CLOTHS TO QUEEN ELIZABETH II

VOCABULARY
1. DEITY
2. TAPA
3. TATU(TATTOO)/MOKO
4. MANA(STRENGTH)
5. MALANGGAN (MALANGAN)
6. MOAI
7. MONOLITH
8. 'AHU 'ULA

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

​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

​CULTURES
  • Organization of 25,000 islands into micro (small), poly
    (many), mela (black), nesia (islands)
  • Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia​




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​Another great video, from the Khan Academy-
​"Voyage to the moai of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)"  
www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/the-pacific/v/voyage-moai

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