Ancient Americas Flashcards
Codex Ixtlilxochitl (portrait of Nezahualpilli)
Type: book
Materials/Techniques: paper, pigment
Creator/Culture: Mexico/Aztec
Date/Period: ca. 1550/Aztec
Style Period: Aztec
Repository: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
Labret, Serpent with Articulated Tongue
Type: labret, jewelry, adornment
Materials/Techniques: gold, lost-wax method
Creator/Culture: Mexico/Aztec
Date/Period: 13th-early 16th century/Aztec
Style Period: Aztec
Repository: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Shield with Coyote
Type: shield, ceremonial
Materials/Techniques: feathers, gold, agave bark, rattan, wood, hide
Creator/Culture: Mexico/Aztec
Date/Period: ca. 1525/Aztec
Style Period: Aztec
Repository: Museum of Ethnology, Vienna, Austria
Mask
Type: adornment, ceremonial
Materials/Techniques: jadeite
Creator/Culture: Mexico/Olmec
Date/Period: 900-400 BCE/Olmec
Style Period: Olmec
Repository: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Stela with Queen Ix Mutal Ahaw
Type: stele
Materials/Techniques: limestone
Creator/Culture: Central America/Maya
Date/Period: 761/Maya
Style Period: Maya
Repository: Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, California
Rahua Ocllo (from the manuscript Historia general del Piru by Martin de Murua)
Type: manuscript, folio
Materials/Techniques: paper, pigment
Creator/Culture: South America/Inca and Spain
Date/Period: ca. 1616
Repository: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Mantle
Type: textile, garment
Materials/Techniques: wool plain weave embroidered with wool in stem-stitch
Creator/Culture: Peru/Paracas
Date/Period: 0-100 AD/Paracas
Style Period: Paracas
Repository: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Stirrup-Spout Vessel
Type: ceramic, portrait, vessel
Materials/Techniques: ceramic, clay slip
Creator/Culture: Peru/Moche
Date/Period: 400-600 CE/Moche
Style Period: Moche
Repository: National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History, Lima, Peru
Tunic
Type: textile, garment
Materials/Techniques: cotton, wool, tapestry weave
Creator/Culture: South America/Inca
Date/Period: ca. 1500/Inca
Style Period: Inca
Repository: Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC
Female Figure
Type: sculpture, metalwork, ritual
Materials/Techniques: hammered sheet gold
Creator/Culture: South America/Inca
Date/Period: 15th-early 16th century/Inca
Style Period: Inca
Repository: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
