Pacific Vocab
cloth made from the bark of the paper mulberry tree, used in the Pacific islands.
What is tapa?
Two materials used to make the capes known as ‘Ahu ‘ula
What are feathers and fiber?
This bird is flightless and produces the feathers for the feathered headdress of moctezuma.
What is the Quetzal?
The importance of the art from previous Mesoamerican civilizations to the Aztecs who built the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan is demonstrated by this mask.
What is the Olmec Mask?
raised pile of earth built in the shape of a stylized animal, symbol, human, or other figure
What is an effigy mound?
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
What is Mana?
Staff deities were criticized for their overt sexuality and destroyed by these people.
Who are European Missionaries?
Used imported materials such as tiny colored glass beads and silk ribbons to reflect the light.
What is the Bandolier Bag?
This religious practice, that was used by Lady Xoc, summoned serpent visions and was documented on Lintel 25.
What is bloodletting?
Carefully cut and grooved stones that support a building without the use of concrete or other kinds of masonry.
What is ashlar masonry?
These large stones that resembled the head of a man caused the society which created them to run out of resources.
What are Moai?
Ta moko tattoos in Maori culture functioned to display these two things.
What is convey a person’s lineage and social status.
This large stone depicts the ancient ritual of blood letting.
What is Lintel 25?
Was fire outdoors using an oxygen-reduction technique to create its black color.
What is the black on black poetry? Maria Martinez
An artistic technique used to create multiple possible visual interpretations of an image. .
What is contour rivalry?
Red volcanic objects placed on top of some moai statues on Easter Island.
What are top knots or PUKAO?
Compound made of columnar shapes quarried nearby.
What is Nan Madol?
Where was the Coyolxauhqui stone placed?
Where is the bottom of Templo Mayor?
Location where a Kiva would be found.
What is Mesa Verde?
Ancient American God who was highly revered, associated with rain, agriculture, and war.
Who is Tlaloc?
Often referred to as Maori tattoo,
What is TATU(TATTOO)/MOKO?
Large abstract smooth wooden figure made to embody local deities and be honored with feathers, paint, and woven fiber decoration
What is the female deity?
Demonstrates the continued importance of the Andean textile tradition?
What is the All-T’oqapu tunic?
Transformation masks made of red cedar wood are made to dance during this occasion.
What is a Potlatch?
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What is a type of metal relief sculpture in which the backside of a plate is hammered to form a raised relief on the front.?