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CHAPTER 33
Oceania

1. Read the chapter.

Examine Australian Aboriginal art from "One World Magazine" and "Art, Land, and the Dreaming" from Aboriginal Art Online.

2. Be able to define these terms:

"Moai", applique, bark painting, x-ray style, cross-hatching,
"tapa", Aboriginal, ceremonial house, tattoo, taboo (tapu)

3. Can you discuss these ideas and issues?

    a. What are the differences and similarities of Asmat, Abelam, and Iatmul art (See pages 874-876 in the Gardner text).
    b. Discuss the importance and meaning of ancestral images and mask sculpture in aboriginal art.
    c. Examine the design and role of the men's ceremonial meeting house (see pages 875-878).
    d. Examine issues of tatooing and social status (see inset on page 883).

4. Recall this art from the text:

    a. Auuenau, from Western Arnhem Land, Australia, 1913. See page 873.
b. Asmat Bisj poles. See page 874. View a similar image.
    c. Tatanua mask from New Ireland. See page 877. View a similar image.
    d.   Men's Ceremonial House, from Belau (Palau), Republic of Belau. See page 878. View a similar image.
    e. Row of moai on a stone platform, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Polynesia. See page 880 and another view of the moai.

5. Explore these sites on the Internet:

    a. Examine an extraordinary presentation of Australian Aboriginal Art.
    b. View the Downing Collection of Asmat Art.
    c. Here is the official website of the Fiji Museum.
    d. Visit the new museum in Paris, "Musee de Quai Branly."

6. Write a one-page report on issues from #3 above or about one of the works of art from #4 above. Send your report through the LISTSERV. See Schedule for due date.

NOW THE FUN PART: FIND "YUMBULUL" DESIGN FROM THE WARRAMIRI TRIBE and send me the URL!

7. Respond to someone else's question or topic for discussion through the LISTSERV. Let's hear from everyone...don't forget that this counts as "class participation." See the Schedule for due date.

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