AP Art History:: Unit 9 - The Pacific

Which Oceanic / Pacific artwork, island architecture, or cultural performance concept is described below?

*Monumental ancient megalithic city of 92 artificial basalt islet platforms built over coral reefs by the Saudeleur Dynasty (c. 700–1600 CE), known as the 'Venice of the Pacific.'*

**A)** Nan Madol (Pohnpei, Micronesia)
**B)** Moai on Platform (Rapa Nui)
**C)** Buk Mask
**D)** Malagan Display

Which Oceanic / Pacific artwork, island architecture, or cultural performance concept is described below?

*Monumental volcanic tuff ancestral statues (c. 1100–1600 CE) erected on stone platforms (*ahu*) facing inland to cast protective spiritual mana over the living community.*

**A)** Moai on Platform (Ahu - Rapa Nui)
**B)** Nan Madol
**C)** Staff God
**D)** Female Deity (Nukuoro)

Which Oceanic / Pacific artwork, island architecture, or cultural performance concept is described below?

*Sacred royal cape made of thousands of vibrant red (*'i'iwi*) and yellow (*'o'o*) bird feathers attached to olona fiber netting (late 18th century CE), cloaking Hawaiian chiefs in divine protective *mana*.*

**A)** 'Ahu 'ula (Hawaiian Feather Cape)
**B)** Ruler's Feather Headdress
**C)** All-T'oqapu Tunic
**D)** Hiapo (Tapa Cloth)

Which Oceanic / Pacific artwork, island architecture, or cultural performance concept is described below?

*Monumental carved wooden staff wrapped in layers of decorated barkcloth (*tapa*) containing sacred pearls and red feathers (late 18th–early 19th century CE), embodying male and female generative deities.*

**A)** Staff God (Rarotonga, Cook Islands)
**B)** Female Deity (Nukuoro)
**C)** Buk Mask
**D)** Moai on Platform

Which Oceanic / Pacific artwork, island architecture, or cultural performance concept is described below?

*Minimalist carved breadfruit wood ancestral statuette (c. 18th–19th century CE) featuring clean geometric lines, flattened buttocks, and rudimentary facial planes, dressed in garments for harvest festivals.*

**A)** Female Deity from Nukuoro (Micronesia)
**B)** Staff God
**C)** Tlatilco Figurine
**D)** Venus of Willendorf

Which Oceanic / Pacific artwork, island architecture, or cultural performance concept is described below?

*Elaborate turtle shell, wood, fiber, and feather composite mask (mid-to-late 19th century CE) combining a human face, frigate bird body, and raffia beard, danced at funerary and harvest rites.*

**A)** Buk (Turtle Shell Mask - Torres Strait)
**B)** Malagan Mask
**C)** Transformation Mask
**D)** Aka Elephant Mask

Which Oceanic / Pacific artwork, island architecture, or cultural performance concept is described below?

*Beaten mulberry bark cloth painted with intricate geometric freehand spirals, vegetal motifs, and human figures (c. 1850–1900 CE) crafted exclusively by women for ceremonial exchanges.*

**A)** Hiapo (Tapa Cloth from Niue)
**B)** 'Ahu 'ula
**C)** All-T'oqapu Tunic
**D)** Painted Elk Hide

Which Oceanic / Pacific artwork, island architecture, or cultural performance concept is described below?

*Oil on canvas portrait (1890 CE) of the revered Maori tribal chief in European naturalism, displaying his sacred face *moko* (tattoo), kiwi feather cape, and greenstone *tewhatewha* weapon.*

**A)** Tamati Waka Nene (Gottfried Lindauer)
**B)** Portrait of Sin Sukju
**C)** George Washington
**D)** Ndop Portrait Figure