Polynesia, The Pacific, and Australia Answers
Who were the early inhabitants of Australia?
Aborigines
How many Moai figures have been discovered on Easter Island?
What is moko?
Tattooed designs of the Maori people that became a personal signature.
What caused many of the Moai at Easter Island to be destroyed?
Answers may vary. Many of them were knocked down and destroyed when the natives entered a period of warfare among themselves.
What role did women play in creation of the Maori Meeting House?
Women wove the decorative tukutuku panels inside the meeting house
What role did women play in creation of the Maori Meeting House?
Answers may vary. The lattice panels were made by women, however, because of ritual prohibitions, women could not enter the meeting house. They had to work outside of the house and weave the panels from the back.
On what part of the face was a female Maori tattooed?
Around the mouth and on the chin.
Why is the art of the Pacific Island cultures, such as New Zealand and Australia, similar in many ways?
Answers may vary. Because the different islands are close together, they share many of the same artistic characteristics.
Why is the art of the Pacific Island cultures, such as New Zealand and Australia, similar in many ways?
Answers may vary. Because the different islands are close together, they share many of the same artistic characteristics.
What caused many of the Moai at Easter Island to be destroyed?
Answers may vary. Many of them were knocked down and destroyed when the natives entered a period of warfare among themselves.
What do the parts of the image above represent?
Answers may vary.The currents are represented by sticks held together by coconut fibers, and the shells mark the islands on the route.
How many Moai figures have been discovered on Easter Island?
What is moko?
Tattooed designs of the Maori people that became a personal signature.
What do the relief sculptures on the support poles, wall planks, and lower end of the rafters of the building above represent?
What do the relief sculptures on the support poles, wall planks, and lower end of the rafters of the building above represent?
What do the parts of the image above represent?
Answers may vary.The currents are represented by sticks held together by coconut fibers, and the shells mark the islands on the route.
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