APAH - Pacific Artworks

Given the clue, enter the name of the Pacific work most-applicable. Some clues may apply to multiple works, but only include that which are referenced (via a featured artwork) on the 250 list. The work must be in the unit 9 (Pacific) i.e. not works in other units, like unit 1 (Prehistoric) or unit 10 (Global contemporary)
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Contains feathers from the Southern Cassoway (a ferocious bird that's like basically a dinosaur)
Buk
White coral used to "open" the eyes
Moai on platform (ahu)
Below is a cemetery in which elders are buried
Moai on platform (ahu)
Horizontal and vertical lines provide structure for the object
Navigation Chart
Only surviving wrapped example of this kind of work
Staff God
Features a bird at the top
Buk
Important due to the low lying islands that are hard to see from a distance
Navigation Chart
Combination of human and animal forms
Buk
Wrapped with a tapa cloth
Staff God
Used ashlar masonry
Nan Madol
Wears a kiwi feather cloak
Tamati Waka Nene
Combined with a larger grass costume and used in ceremonies about death, fertility, male initation, or to ensure a good harvest
Buk
Sculpture with simple geometric forms
Female deity
Holds a tewhatewha (ceremonial staff of his culture) that has dangling feathers and an eye on the handle
Tamati Waka Nene
After the ceremony involving this work, the free are absolved from obligation to serve the dead
Malagan mask
Like Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja), could be dressed and adorned with flowers
Female deity
Extremely intricate mask carvings with adept use of negative space
Malagan mask
Name is a regional dialect meaning the same as tapa
Hiapo from Niue
Mask indicates relationship to a clan or living relatives
Malagan mask
Afterward occurred the Kava ceremony in which Queen Elizabeth II drank psychedelic tea (effects of mild cannabis) with locals
Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II
Has an oversized greenstone earring which contains his mana
Tamati Waka Nene
Artist was a journeyman and tradesman painter who worked on comission
Tamati Waka Nene
Made of thousands of bird feathers, driving some of them (such as the 'o'o) to near extinction
'Ahu 'ula
Uses horizontal lines to indicate body parts like kneecaps, navel, and waistline
Female deity
Donned only by male high-ranking chiefs and warriors
'Ahu 'ula
Short, thin arms that reach the hips
Moai on platform (ahu)
Contains sacred platforms made of stone mixed with cremated ashes
Moai on platform (ahu)
Subject is a Maori chief
Tamati Waka Nene
Collection of 92 artificial islands connected by canals
Nan Madol
Multimedia performance performed in 1953
Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II
The human face may represent a cultural hero or ancestor
Buk
Artists would chant the wearer's ancestor when crafting to imbue their power onto it
'Ahu 'ula
Would be memorized before a voyage; could only be read by certain individuals
Navigation Chart
Uses coloring, modeling, and shading
Tamati Waka Nene
Painted posthomously based on a photograph by John Crombie
Tamati Waka Nene
Atop features a large carved head as well as smaller figures
Staff God
13-foot-long column-like wooden core in the form of an elongated body
Staff God
An oil painting
Tamati Waka Nene
Translates to "mask"
Buk
Sculptures of the deceased commissioned by the living family representing an individual soul
Malagan mask
Backs are tattooed with designs
Moai on platform (ahu)
Once had a phallus attached to the side antipodal to the head; remove by missionaries
Staff God
Tapa used is decorated according to local traditions: sometimes stenciled, sometimes printed or dyed
Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II
Acted as capital of the Saudeleur Dynasty of Micronesia
Nan Madol
Contextual image provides only evidence of how the work was originally used
Staff God
Painted in black, yellow, and red: important colors denoting violence, war, and magic
Malagan mask
Worn over the head like a helmet
Buk
Made by Gottfried Lindauer in 1890
Tamati Waka Nene
Natives may interpret as an embodiment of a spirit and a link between past and present
Tamati Waka Nene
Artist, using stencils and dye, to paint the design
Hiapo from Niue
Subject is a convert to Wesleyan faith (evangelical Protestant demonination
Tamati Waka Nene
Uses a turtle shell (unique to the region) which has great rarity and importance
Buk
Located on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Moai on platform (ahu)
Predominated by themes of male and female reproduction
Staff God
Have prominent foreheads, large broad noses, and thin pouting lips
Moai on platform (ahu)
Has high seawalls that act as breakwaters (coastal defense)
Nan Madol
Designed for the king to keep an eye on the upper class and seperate them from the lower class
Nan Madol
Represented the personalities deified deceased
Moai on platform (ahu)
Occured during Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Fiji as part of her 1953-1954 royal tour (visit British colonies)
Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II
Soul of the god is represented by polished pearl shells and red feathers placed inside the bark cloth
Staff God
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