Exam 37: Oceania Before 1980

The shape of the Iatmul men's ceremonial house is meant to represent what?

Which Polynesian group engages in barkcloth weaving and decorating?

Which element of a Maori men's meeting house is known to be manufactured by women?

​ The canoe prow ornament illustrated here is meant to show what design?

The moai of Rapa Nui, serving as silent sentinels on stone platforms, are believed to depict which beings?

The word tattoo is of what origin?

​ What is the term for this figure, placed over the entrance of a Belau bai as a means of invoking fertility and protection?

​ The stance and expression of this Hawaiian figure support its identification as what?

The painted-gable storyboards on Belau ceremonial houses provide information about which of the following?

Protective ornaments in the form of carvings of exalted ancestor figures are called what?

The Asmat have a rich artistic vocabulary of visual symbols in which the female praying mantis is meant to have what meaning?

Which people developed the most stratified society of all of those in the Pacific region?

The decorated storyboards on Belau ceremonial houses (bai) include which figure as a warning to women to keep out of the structure?

In Asmat society, pledges to avenge the death of a relative are embodied in which art form?

Aside from serving as instruments of communication, what other function did the Iatmul slit-gongs have?

Which medium forms the basis of the majority of Australian Aboriginal art?

The Abelam culture of Papua New Guinea is centered on which of the following?

The mana of Polynesian art objects is best described as what?

The Tonga produce barkcloth from what material?

The Hawaiian cloak worn by Kamehameha III provided the wearer with the gods' protection and was made of what rare material?