Oceanic Art

2. Area of Australia and Pacific islands, such as Hawaii, Easter Island, the Marshall Islands, and New Guinea.
4. Commonly known as the "Easter Island heads." They are large rock sculptures of human figures, created sometime between 1250 and 1500 CE.
7. Charts used to help Micronesians to navigate the ocean. Made of organic materials as coconut fronds, coral and shells.
10. New Ireland wood carvings created to honor those who have recently died and to help send the person’s spirit to the ancestors.
12. A smaller human stone sculpture created by Polynesian cultures
13. Four types of rock painting in western Australia (Tassel, Sash, Elegant Action and Clothes Peg)
14. A culture thought to be the common ancestor for some of the Pacific cultures, including cultures in Micronesia, Polynesia, and some of the coastal areas of Melanesia
15. Indigenous Polynesian people
18. Area includes Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji. Diverse utilitarian art included Bisj ritual poles created by Asmat culture.
19. The art here is still relatively unknown compared to other areas of Oceania, mostly it is ocean themed. The area consist of about 2,500 islands.
20. The culture that carved the Moai
21. A charm that had an abstract human form and the legs were made from the spines of stingrays.

1. Aboriginal Australian paintings based on mythology of rain and cloud spirits; one style of rock art also goes by this name.
3. Islands within the general triangle formed by Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island
5. Aboriginal cultures believed the world was created by ancestral totemic spirits during this period.
6. Water vessel with one or more supports on either side.
8. Large Polynesian rock sculptures of the upper human body
9. Art practiced by Aboriginal groups, made from inner strips of tree that are painted or decorated. Style varies by location.
11. These are used to help people navigate the ocean, noting the ocean swell patterns, island placements, and so on.
16. Carved from a single piece of wood, it depicts multiple humans standing on top of each other.
17. A community meeting place for performing ceremonies, and all formal functions.