Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Oceanic

Narrower term/s

• Cook Islands[+]
  • Mangaian
• Easter Island
• Gambier Islands[+]
  • Mangarevan
• Hawaiian (culture or style)
• Marquesan (culture or style)
• New Zealand[+]
  • Maori (culture or style) [+]
    • Maori sculpture styles [+]
      • Classic Maori
      • Ngä Käkano
      • Te Tipunga
  • Moriori
• Samoan (culture or style)
• Society Islands (style)[+]
  • Tahitian (culture or style)
• Tongan
• Austral Islands
• Tuvaluan (culture or style)

Anotations

Scope note:

Nationality, culture, and styles of the Polynesian Islands. Art forms include traditional wood-carving, barkcloth, mat-making, tattoo, and other body arts. Polynesian art was greatly developed, but little of what existed has survived to the modern day due to the perishability of the utilized material - bark cloth, basketry, and featherwork. Although architecture was developed everywhere in Polynesia, only the ruined stone structures of the eastern Polynesian islands remain proof of the Polynesians' exceptional architectural skill.