WorksheetsAP Art History Pacific Vocab
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
a god or goddess
MANA
AHU
DEITY
MOAI
cloth made from the bark of the paper mulberry tree, used in the Pacific islands.
PUKAO
TAPA
'AHU 'ULA
MANA
is the traditional permanent marking of the body and face by Maori. But ta moko is distinct from tattoo in that the skin is carved instead of being punctured with needles.
MOAI
TAPA
AHU
TATU
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
MANA
TAPA
PUKAO
MOAI
Big wooden carvings prepared for large ceremonies with intricate traditional cultural events that take place in parts of New Ireland province in Papua New Guinea.
'AHU 'ULA
PUKAO
TATANUA MASKS
MALANGGAN
a type of traditional mask made by the natives in the province of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. The masks are made of wood and other natural materials and used in funeral ceremonies called malagan.
'AHU 'ULA
AHU
TATANUA MASKS
MANA
monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in eastern Polynesia between the years 1250 and 1500.
PUKAO
MOAI
MANA
TATU
the hat-like structures or topknots formerly placed on top of some moai statues on Easter Island. They were all carved from a very light red volcanic stone scoria
DEITY
PUKAO
TATANUA
'AHU 'ULA
a feather cloak or cape made of minute red or yellow bird feathers occasionally trimmed with black or green and formerly worn in Hawaii by high chiefs and kings
AHU
MALANGGAN
TAPA
'AHU 'ULA
a geological structure where sets of intersecting closely spaced fractures, referred to as joints
Tapa
Ahu' ula
Prismatic Column
Malanggan
