Mana & Tapu
Spiritual life force expressed in Pacific leadership
What is Mana?
Art that may be destroyed after ritual
What is Malagan display?
Chart made of sticks and fibers
What is Marshall Islands navigation chart?
This bark cloth from Niue was decorated with freehand painted designs.
What is Hiapo?
This megalithic complex was built on artificial islets in Micronesia.
What is Nan Madol?
Sacred restriction protecting powerful objects
What is Tapu?
Pacific art engages all senses through dance, scent, chant
What is Performance-based ritual?
Lapita migration began about…
What is 4,000 years ago?
Textiles like Hiapo functioned primarily within this social system.
What is reciprocal exchange?
The rulers who commanded construction of Nan Madol belonged to this dynasty.
What is the Saudeleur Dynasty?
Hawaiian feather cape expressing elite authority
What is ‘Ahu ‘ula?
Mask from Torres Strait made of turtle shell
What is the Buk mask?
Rather than geographic scale, Marshallese navigation charts represent this ocean feature.
What are wave or swell patterns?
In Māori culture, treasures passed down from ancestors are called this.
What is taonga tuku iho?
These monumental stone figures on Rapa Nui represent deified ancestors.
What are the Moai?
Dynasty that built Nan Madol
What is the Saudeleur Dynasty?
Exchange ceremony presented to Queen Elizabeth II
What is Fijian mats and tapa performance?
Navigation knowledge as personal expression of sea truth
What is Indigenous wayfinding system?
This European-trained artist painted Tamati Waka Nene.
Who is Gottfried Lindauer?
Unlike Malagan displays, the Moai emphasize this concept through their permanence.
What is enduring ancestral commemoration?
Term for shielding sacred power through wrapping
What is Tapu practices / sacred containment?
Idea that meaning lies in the act, not permanence
What is Ritual enactment + memory creation?
The Pacific Ocean covers ___ of Earth’s surface
What is One third?
Tamati Waka Nene’s facial tattoos represent this important Māori concept related to identity and status.
What is moko?
Nan Madol’s restricted spaces reinforced this social structure.
What is hierarchical political authority?