Auuenau

Western Arnhem Land, Australia

1940s

paint, bark

Emily Kame Kngwarreye

Untitled 

1992

Asmat Bisj ("Bis") poles

Buepis village

Fajit River, Casuarina Coast

Irian Jaya, Melanesia

painted wood

early to mid 20th century

Iatmul Ceremonial men's house

East Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Melanesia

mid- to late 20th century

Elema Hevehe masks

Orokolo Bay

Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

early to mid-20th century

Abelam Yam Mask

Maprik district

Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

painted cane

Tatanua mask

New Ireland

Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

wood, shell, lime, fiber, and feathers

Canoe prow and splashboard

from Trobriand Islands

Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

wood and paint

19th to 20th century

Canoe prow ornament

Chuuk, Caroline Islands

wood and paint

late 19th century

Men's ceremonial house

Belau (Palau)

Republic of Belau, Micronesia

20th century

Dilukai

Belau (Palau)

wood, pigment and fiber

Moai

Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Polynesia

volcanic tuff and red scoria

10th -12th century

Mele Sitani, Ngatu (barkcloth)

Tonga, Polynesia

1967

Staff god

Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Polynesia

late 18th-early 19th century

wood

Hair Ornaments

Marquesas Islands, Polynesia

ca. 1870s

bone

Tattooed warrier

Nukahiva

Marquese Islands, Polynesia

early 19th century

wood

Kuka 'ilimoku (war god)

Hawaii, Polynesia

late 18th or early 19th century

wood

Mataatua Meetinghouse

by Wepiha Apanui

Maori, Whakatane, New Zealand, Polynesia

1871-75

Tawhiri-Matea (God of the Winds)

by Cliff Whiting

Maori 

1984

oil on wood and fiberboard

Feather cloak

Hawaii, Polynesia

ca. 1824-1843

Feathers and fiber netting and i'iwi bird