Oceanic Art

ART CREATED USING BONE, SHELL, WOOD, CORAL, FIBER, AND STONE
EUROPEANS ARRIVED 16TH CENTURY
PACIFIC ART INFLUENCED BY THE SEA
SCULPTURES REPRESENTING FORCES IN THE SUPERNATURAL WORLD WERE OFTEN PROTECTED; MANA
EACH COMMUNITY HAS A DIFFERENT WAY OF CONDUCTING SPIRITUAL EXERCISES AND COMMANDING A SOCIAL STRUCTURE
PACIFIC ARTISTS PERFORMED USING COSTUMES, DANCE, SONG, AND COSMETICS

RITUAL PERFORMANCES HAVE DIFFERENT PURPOSE (CELEBRATION, WAR)
SYMMETRY OF RELATIONSHIPS VALUED

HISTORICAL BG
MEN CARVED WOOD, WOMEN SEWED AND MADE POTTERY
TAPA: WEAVING OF BARK CLOTH, OR TAPA
DESIGNS ADDED; RESULT IS A CLOTH/FABRIC OF REFINED GEOMETRIC ORGANIZATION AND INTRICATE PATTERNING

CULTURES
MICRONESIA (NUKUORO, POHNPEI, MARSHALL ISLANDS)
HAWAII 
COOK ISLANDS 
POLYNESIA (NIUE)
NEW ZEALAND
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
FIJI 
EASTER ISLAND 


VOCAB:
MOAI: LARGE STONE SCULPTURES FOUND ON EASTER ISLAND

SUMMARY:
MANY OBJECTS PORTABLE, USED FOR CEREMONY, MADE OF WOOD/BARK; LARGE WOODEN OBJECTS CARVED WITH GREAT PRECISION; INTRICATE LINE DEFINITION IS A HALLMARK OF OCEANIC ARTISTIC OUTPUT