A slideshow connected to a lecture of the Art of Polynesia available at Art History Teaching Resources (http://arthistoryteachingresources.org/), written by Stephanie Beck Cohen.

1. Polynesian Art

2. Map of the South Pacific (Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia)

3. Dish for Yaqona, Fiji, early 19th century, wood and
shell, Fiji Museum, Suva, Fiji.
Man preparing Yaqona, Fiji Museum.

4. Pahu-Ra (Ceremonial Drum), Ra’ivavae, Austral Islands, 1800–50, tamanu wood, sharkskin, sennit,
Indiana University Art Museum, Wielgus Collection.

5. Tapuva’e (Stilt Step), Marquesas Islands, 19th century, toa wood,
H. 17 ¾ in. (45.1 cm), Indiana University Art Museum.

6. Club ('U'u), Marquesas Islands, early to mid-19th century, Wood and fiber, H. 60 1/4
x W. 6 5/8 x D. 3 3/4 in. (153 x 16.8 x 9.5 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art.

7. Moai at Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), c. 1400,
volcanic stone and scoria.
Moai Kavakava, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), 19th
century, wood, bone, obsidian, Indiana University
Art Museum.

8. Image (To'o) representing the deity 'Oro, Tahiti,
Society Islands, 18th century, wood, coconut
husk fiber, feathers, H. 18 1/8 x Diam. 2 7/8
in. (46 x 7.3 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Hei Tiki pendant, Maori peoples, New Zealand, 19th century,
nephrite, haliotis shell, H. 9 in. (22.9 cm), Raymond and
Laura Wielgus Collection, Indiana University Art Museum.

9. Carved by Raharuhi Rukupo of Rongowhakaata, Interior of a Maori meetinghouse, Te Hau-ki-Turanga, 1840–2.
Owned by the Rongowhakaata Tribe, Te Papa Tongarewa Museum, Wellington, New Zealand.

10. I’e toga (Fine Mat), Samoa, early 19th century, pandanus fiber, parrot feathers.

11. Kapa (barkcloth), Hawaii, 18th century, processed bark bast, 80 x 45 cm,
Bernisches Historisches Museum.
Masi Kesa (Barkcloth Panel), Naitauba, Lau Islands, Fiji, late 19th–early 20th
century, barkcloth and pigment; L. 165 in. (419.1 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ngatu (Barkcloth), Tonga, 1972, mulberry and pigment,
British Museum, 413 x 201 cm.
Siapo (Barkcloth), Samoa Islands, c. 1930–50, mulberry
and pigment, Indiana University Art Museum.

12. Applique quilts (in progress), Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 2014.Tïvaevae ta’örei (Patchwork Quilt), Cook
Islands, c. 1900, Te Papa Museum.

13. Feather cloak, Hawai’i, c. 18th century, feathers and
fiber, 259 cm, British Museum.
Kākahu (Māori cloaks) in two styles, from Te
Papa. Click on this hyperlink to access 23 videos
and more images of cloaks.

14. Lei Niho Palaoa, early 19th century, Hawai‘i, walrus ivory, human hair, fiber, W. 4 1/4 x D. 16 in.
(10.8 x 40.6 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art.

15. Samoan Tatau
Pe’a, Male tattooing
•Extends from above waist to below knees
•Designs blocked out and filled with
secondary motifs that represent objects in
natural world
Malu, Female tattooing
• Extend from upper thighs to behind knees
•Bilaterally symmetrical
•Overall design appears lacy, less dense than
men’s tattooing
•Use of lozenge-shaped motif on back of the
knees Video, Tales from Te Papa, Episode 87: Curator
Sean Mallon discusses Samoan Tatau