Edmentum Art 2B Unit 12

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Bark paintings

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Inner strips of tree bark that are painted or decorated.

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Bisj pole

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Carved from a single piece of wood, it depicts multiple humans standing on top of each other.

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Bradshaws

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Rock paintings in western Australia named for the man who rediscovered them.

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Dreamtime

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Aboriginal cultures believed the world was created by ancestral totemic spirits during this period.

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Hos

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A charm that had an abstract human form and the legs were made from the spines of stingrays.

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Lapita

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A culture thought to be the common ancestor for some of the Pacific cultures, including cultures in Micronesia, Polynesia, and some of the coastal areas of Melanesia.

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Malagan

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New Ireland wood carvings created to honor those who have recently died and to help send the person’s spirit to the ancestors.

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Marae

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“Big house;” a meeting place for the community where the community gathers, performs ceremonies, and has all formal functions.

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Moai

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More commonly known as the “Easter Island heads.” They are large rock sculptures of human figures, created sometime between 1250 and 1500 CE.

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Oceanic art

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The art produced by peoples of Australia and Pacific islands, such as Hawaii, Easter Island, the Marshall Islands, and New Guinea.