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1 BOWERS MUSEUM TEST NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED! You need a proof that you went to the museum.your computer reservation is not valid as a proof! Submit a photo of you at the museum! Without proof your paper will not be accepted! Please answer the following questions and write a one typed page paper on your favorite piece in the exhibition. Points to be covered on your written paper: Name of the piece, its origin, its purpose, materials used, how it makes you feel and describe two elements and two principals that the artist used in this piece. You will answer questions about the following areas of the museum. A museum docent will be happy to help you locate any of these areas if you cannot find them! The Museum s Exterior (Back courtyard) (Start here!) The Dorothy & Donald Kennedy Wing Permament Exhibit: Spirits and Headhunters The Richard P. Ettinger Gallery (California Indians) The Ruth Segerstrom Gallery The Museum s Exterior (Front courtyard) 1

2 The Museum s Exterior 1. Entering at the Bowers from the back courtyard (not the front where the restaurant is located) you will see a wall with fountains.what elements and principles do you see? A. Value and radial balance B. Implied line and rhythm C. Shape and Unity D. B and C 2. What shapes do the two sculptures in the same courtyard have with the fountains? A. Rounded B. Rectilinear 3. The texture of these sculptures are: A. Smooth B. Rough 4. Before you enter the museum, from the same courtyard, you ll see a metal screen. What type of balance did the artist use in this screen? B. Symmetrical C. Radial D Chrystallographic E B and D As you enter the museum from the back, you are in the Dorothy and Donald Kennedy Wing. (as soon as you enter, on your left the horizontal piece on the wall Tambaran House Lintel ) 5. Name the principle type: A. Emphasis B. Rhythm C. Alternating Rhythm 6. The Tambaran House Lintel is: executed in A. High Relief B. Low Relief 2

3 7. Looking at all the sculptures on the wall in the room, most sculptures are: A. Horizontal B. Vertical Proceed to the Permanent Exhibit Spirits and Headhunters 8. Grade Statues What sculptural technique does the artist use? A. Additive B. Subtractive 9. These figures, Grade Statues, were often erected in conjunction in celebration of marking an individual s elevation to a new rank or status: 10. Storyboards - L & L The Storyboard is a mixed medium piece that depicts aspects of everyday life: 11. Feathered Currency Roll - Tevau This type of currency was quickly and easily produced: 12. Female Body Mask Didagur This sacred mask was created for being used in ritual dances: 13. Female Body Mask Didagur We know that this is a female mask because of A. Slanted eyes B. Its color C. Long nose that is curved back on itself 3

4 14. Bis Poles / / L The carvings are in the shape of: A. An exotic plant B. A canoe prow and the artist also uses phallic symbols C. A native tree D. An illustration of ceremonial initiation 15. Bis Poles / / L The Bis poles were erected after someone was killed in a headhunting raid because the Asmat people believe that the deceased soul is not free to go to the afterlife unless a special pole is erected for them. 16 War Club Kotiate By looking at this sculpture from the neck down what balance does the artist use B. Chrystallographic C. Radial D. Symmetrical 17. Necklace with Teeth of Sperm Whale Unity and rhythm can be seen in this piece. 18. Mask Totanua - L Name the type of balance B. Symmetrical C. Chrystallographic 19. War Shield - L Pattern can be seen in this piece. 4

5 20. Shell Ring Valuable - Tabu Made entirely out of shell and rattan, this beautiful token was used for: A. Purchasing a bride B. Purchasing pigs C. A means to compensate grieving family members of the deceased D. All of the above 21. Doorboard - Amitung Doorboards were not only decorative but also: A. Represented a family s status B. Acted as a form of protection against enemy raids C. Allowed one person to enter or exit the structure at a time D. Both B and C 22. Over-modeled skulls / / These skulls were used as part of an effigy in ceremonies for the dead, and then later placed in the ceremonial men s house. 23. Slit Drum in the Form of a Stylized Crocodile Slit Drums were not used as means to communicate over long distances, but rather only played by women drummers during ceremonial occasions. Proceed to the other side of the museum (the front side) to the Richard P. Ettinger Gallery (California Indian) (After you descend the steps of the Richard P. Ettinger Gallery - Look on your right, there is a display of baskets 24. In Basketry Bowl with Floral Net Pattern, the balance is: B. Symmetrical C. Radial 25. In this gallery the prominent items are: A. Baskets B. Scriptures C. Textiles 5

6 26. In this gallery the prominent items are: A. Baskets B. Scriptures C. Textiles 27. The baskets in this room are made from plants, fibers and feathers. 28. The baskets are: A. Tightly woven B. Loosely woven 29. Most of the decorations of the bodies on the baskets are geometrical. 30. The Cog stones purpose is known to us. 31. By looking around in this gallery which of the following materials was used in making the Indian artifacts: A. Bronze B. Soap stone C. Marble 32 Southern California was home to a number of Indian Groups. 6

7 Exit up the stairs and proceed to your right to the Ruth Segerstrom Gallery (at the end of painting gallery, right hand side) 32. The ceiling is coffered.: 33. The ceiling shows crystalographic balance. 34. The painted work with the arches just below the ceiling and surrounding the windows is executed in the trompe l oeil manner. 35. Name the two prominent lines of the tile floor : A.Vertical and horizontal B. Diagonal C. Circular 36. The prominent shape of the tiles is: A. Triangular B. Rectangular C. Rectangular and square 37. The windows use: A. Symmetrical balance B. Asymmetrical balance C. Radial balance Exit out to the front courtyard (where the restaurant is) 38. In the Museum s courtyard, the most prominent architectural element is: A. Arches B. Ellipses C. Squares 39. The architectural style of the museum is based-on Spanish architecture.: 40. The Bowers Museum is a: A. Modern Art museum B. Cultural Museum 7

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