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Art of the Pacific Islands
Australia
New Guinea
Philippines Pacific
Ocean
Indonesia
Tasmanian
Sea
Micronesia
Melanesia
Polynesia
Mexico
United States
Java
Malaysia
Moai Colassal Volcanic
Stone Statues, on Easter
Islands or Te Pito o Te
Henua, meaning The
Center (or Navel) of the
World by the Rapa Nui
people off the coast of
what is today the South
American country of Chile.
The largest of these
statues weighs 84 tons (12
elephants) and up to 6
yards high, 4th Century
AD.
Marquesas Island body
decoration tattoos and
carved wooden clubs
Carved Wooden Bowl,
uses same form line style
as tattoos
Easter Island, Marquesas & Hawaii
God statues in Puuhonua o
Honauau (Place of Refuge),
Big Island, Hawaii
incorrectly called Tikki’s by
Europeans
Porpoise-Tooth Crown
with glass trade beads, &
fiber, Kamuela, Hawaii
AUSTRALIA & MELANESIA
Plant seed jewelry,
Australia
Ayers Rock or Uluru in what is
to day Australia, Aboriginal
(original Australians) sacred
site with many petro glyphs
(rock carvings) and rock
paintings. This culture is the
oldest continuous living
culture on earth beginning in
100,000 B.C.E. A deeply
mystical culture traditionally
Aborigines believe dreams are
more real than the waking
world and song helps guide the
outcome of our lives. Drum carved in one
piece, New Ireland,
Papua New Guinea, canoe
prow (front), wood & paint
Bark Painting with
dots, Australia Solomon Islands, Clam
Shell Turtle Shell & Fibers
Meeting House & Post Figure of a
Warrior, wood, 19th century, New
Zealand, Maori people, other original
people here are the Moriori who no
longer exist in large numbers.
Fly Whisk Handle of King
Pomare II, 1700’s,
Maohi/Tahitian, whale ivory &
coconut fiber, 12”
NEW ZEALAND, TAHITI, SAMOA, & RAROTONGA
Giant Vaka 'Te Au O Te Tonga' boats from
Rarotonga/Cook Islands went to Tahiti &
Hawai‘i, & Carved Wooden figure
Samoan woman with a carved war club
wearing coconut bark cloth or siapo & turtle
shell combs, 19th century
Philippines Originally culturally Malayan in the 1500’s AD became influenced by the
Spanish. Before the Spanish these islands had their own written language
with literature, dance, music, plays and a unique boating technology
Manunggui Burial
Jar, c. 1500
BC/BCE on its lid
there are two
boatmen in a
traditional
“banca” traveling
across a mythical
body of water to
the after life.
Woven baskets with fitted
lids out of palm leaves,
different designs for
different shaped fish and
“pasiking” or back packs
are traditional. Other
Pacific island cultures
have baskets with fitted
lids as well.
Textiles woven with portable
back strap looms and stable
looms have religious
importance and are used as
blankets and clothing.
Deigns have symbolic
meaning representing
animals for good luck,
fertility, rain, and more.
INDONESIA, JAVA, & MALAYSIA
Batik is a style of art
where artists draw with
wax and then dye
cloth, the cloth does
not take the color
where the wax is.
Ikat is a woven cloth
style that uses tie dyed
yarn creating what looks
like blurred edges in the pattern.
Shadow Puppets
before TV and movies
they were used to act
out plays
Traditional culture is influenced by Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam many
temples and mosques are built. A complex and unique musical, dance,
and theatre tradition has been practiced here for centuries.
Quiz: Pacific Islands 1. Australia: name the rock that is an Aboriginal sacred site.
2. What style of painting is traditionally used by Australian Aborigines?
3. Indonesia, Bali, Java, & Malaysia: name 3 special ways of creating art used
4. What makes Batik cloth unusual?
5. What makes Ikat cloth unusual?
6. What is cloth made from on Samoa?
7. What is the most well know art of the Rapa Nui on Easter Island?
8. What art form are the Marquesas known for?
1 pts.
1 pts.
3 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
Quiz: Pacific Islands 1. Australia: name the rock that is an Aboriginal sacred site.
2. What style of painting is traditionally used by Australian Aborigines?
3. Indonesia, Bali, Java, & Malaysia: name 3 special ways of creating art used
4. What makes Batik cloth unusual?
5. What makes Ikat cloth unusual?
6. What is cloth made from on Samoa?
7. What is the most well know art of the Rapa Nui on Easter Island?
8. What art form are the Marquesas known for?
1 pts.
1 pts.
3 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
Ayers Rock or Uluru
Dots
Batik, Ikat, & Shadow Puppets
Designs are painted with wax
The cloth is woven with tie dyed yarn
Coconut bark
Colossal Stone Sculptures
Tattoos
Resources
http://www.koleksyon.com/filipinoheritage/
visual-arts/pre-colonial-period.asp
http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/countries/australi
a&pacificislands.html
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/ma
p/malaysia_map.htm
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/online-
atlas/Asia/images/malaysia.gif