Oceania Flashcards
Tupaia, A Maori Man and Joseph Banks Bartering a Lobster for Cloth
Type: work on paper
Materials/Techniques: indigenous paper, pigment
Creator/Culture: Tupaia/Polynesian
Date/Period: 1769
Style: European
Repository: British Library, London, UK
Hand Club (mere pounamu)
Type: weapon, status, burial
Materials/Techniques: greenstone (nephrite)
Creator/Culture: Maori/Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Date/Period: 19th century
Repository: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Navigational Chart (Rebbilib)
Type: chart, navigation, “basketry-implements”
Materials/Techniques: coconut midrib, fiber
Creator/Culture: Marshallese
Date/Period: 19th-early 20th century
Repository: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Canoe
Type: boat
Materials/Techniques: wood, coconut husk bindings
Creator/Culture: Nukutavake, Tuamotu Islands/Polynesian (acquired by Captain Samuel Wallis)
Date/Period: acquired 1767
Repository: The British Museum, London, UK
Canoe Prow Ornament and Charm (Taburi)
Type: ornamentation, sculpture
Materials/Techniques: two parts, carved wood, pigment
Creator/Culture: Massim Region, Papua New Guinea
Date/Period: 19th - early 20th century
Repository: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Monumental Moai Figure
Type: ancestor figure, sculpture
Materials/Techniques: carved basalt
Creator/Culture: Rapa Nui/Easter Island
Date/Period: 1000 - 1600 AD
Repository: The British Museum, London, UK
Kuka’ilimoku
Type: sculpture, temple image
Materials/Techniques: carved breadfruit wood
Creator/Culture: unknown/Hawaiian
Date/Period: early 19th century
Repository: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
To’o
Type: sculpture, deity image
Materials/Techniques: carved wood, wrapped fabric of knotted coconut fiber (sinnet), bound with coconut fiber plaited line
Creator/Culture: Society Islands (French Polynesia)
Date/Period: before 1824
Repository: The British Museum, London
Do-it-yourself Repatriation Kit (from Pasifika Styles)
Type: sculpture
Materials/Techniques: briefcase, foam, plastic
Artist: Jason Hall
Date/Period: 2006-2008
Style Period: Contemporary
Repository: Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
