What was the Staff God made of?

Wood, tapa, fibers, and feathers

Why was the turtle shell of value in the Torres Strait culture?

The Melanesians have a custom belief in a marine afterworld

What is the form of the ahu or Moai on the platform?

Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base

What is the form of this mask?

wood, pigment, fiber, and shell

What is the function of the Malagan masks?

To send the dead's bodies to the other world

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Oceania Review by Ben Perryman

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Oceania review for AP Art History.

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1
Who was this geometric tapa cloth dedicated to?
The Lapita peoples
Sir Mari Pomare
Queen Elizabeth the II
The chief
2
The Turtle-shell Buk is from the ________
Marshall Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Cook Islands
Torres Strait Islands
3
What was the Staff God made of?
Iron, silk, leather, and feathers
Wood, tapa, fibers, and feathers
Wood, paper, fibers, and feathers
Iron, tapa, leather, and fur
4
The Staff God is a religious item meant to be burned and destroyed. What term describes this?
Icon
Iconoclasm
Iconography
Iconoclast
5
Where did the staff god originate?
Arutanga, Cook Islands
Areora, Cook Islands
Atai, Cook Islands
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
6
The Hiapo were primarily made by _______
Men
Both (men and women)
Women
The entire family
7
Why was the turtle shell of value in the Torres Strait culture?
They have a relation to the government
They are said to be connected to the gods
The Melanesians have a custom belief in a marine afterworld
They are said to bless the crops
8
What is the form of the ahu or Moai on the platform?
Solidified volcanic ash
Marble on basalt base
Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base
basalt on marble base
9
The Female Deity statue has no facial features, instead ______ are used for the eyes and nose.
lines
indentations
pigments
bumps
10
What was the function of Nan Madol?
Large village complex
Small village complex
Necropolis
Ritual and ceremonial center
11
What is the form of this mask?
Ivory, pigment, fiber, and shell
wood, pigment, fiber, and shell
Basalt, pigment, fiber, and shell
paper, pigment, fiber, and shell
12
The ‘Ahu’ula has _______ colors and _______ shapes?
primary and geometric
Tertiary and isometric
secondary and geometric
Tertiary and geometric
13
What is the function of this piece?
Dancing rituals
Worship
Navigation
To represent an ancestor
14
The tattoos on his face represents his _________ in life
victories
mistakes
Achievements
Battles
15
What is the function of the Malagan masks?
To protect graves
To celebrate women
To send the dead's bodies to the other world
To worship deities

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