1. Group 1: Brock, Maddie, Pablo, Haley, and Patti
Oceanic Art
Group 1: Brock, Maddie, Pablo, Haley, and Patti

2. Oceanic Culture Oceania refers to the various
islands in the south Pacific ocean.
The islands can be further categorized into four main cultures: Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
These islands have diverse indigenous cultures because of centuries of isolation.

3. Nan Madol 1200-1500 C.E. Oceanic Micronesia Built on a coral reef
Covered about 150 acres of land
Used as ritual and ceremonial center
Capital of Saudeleur Dynasty until about 1500 C.E.

4. Moai on platform CE
Easter Island is famous for its stone statues of
human figures, known as moai
Moai means statues
Volcanic Tuff figures on basal
There are a total of 14 moai on the platform
commemorate important ancestors,
around 1600 C.E. the statues began to be topple

5. ‘Ahu ‘ula (feather cape)
Made for various nobility and high societal figure
The feathers are of the 'i'iwi and 'o'o bird, olona bark
Used in ceremonies and battles
Shows the leader’s ancestral connections, power and authority
Red was a symbol of chiefs and gods in Hawaiian culture, and yellow was valued because of the scarcity of yellow feathered birds.

6. Staff God The only surviving wrapped example of a large staff god,
this impressive image is composed of a central wood shaft
wrapped in an enormous roll of decorated barkcloth.
One of the most sacred of Rarotonga's objects
carvings mostly unknown, assumed religious
represents Tangaroa the creator god
could depict childbirth and skilled labor
embodies both male and female reproductive qualities
explicit sexual aspect

7. Female Deity
Found in Nukuoro, an island in Micronesia, it is part of a set of many other female deities, which widely vary in size.
These sculptures were inscribed with names of priests or family members.
They were an important part of festivals, being dressed and given ceremonial gifts.
These were dispensable, locals could reproduce them and in turn, deities that rotted in the sun were replaced.
There are male and female deities, the only pure similarities between them include the ovoid head and rigid legs.

8. Sources http://honolulumuseum.org/art/5780-feather-cape-ahu-ulaa_
oceania/polynesia/a/feather-cape
oceania/polynesia/a/easter-island-moai