Non-Western: Pre-Columbian Americas

Question 1

Answer 1

Colossal Head,

San Lorenzo Mexico.

Olmec culture,

c. 1200-900 BCE.

Basalt, height 7’5“

Question 2

Answer 2

Pyramid Of The Feathered Serpent

The Ciudadela,

Teotihuacan, Mexico.

Teotihuacan culture, c. 200 CE

Question 3

Answer 3

Bloodletting Ritual,

Fragment of a fresco from Teotihuacan, Mexico.

Teotihuacan culture, c. 550-650 CE.

Pigment on lime plaster, 32-1/4” × 45-1/4”.

Question 4

Answer 4

Temple of the Inscriptions (Tomb of Pakal the Great),

c. 683 CE.

Question 5

Answer 5

Shield Jaguar and Lady Xok, Lintel 24.

Yaxchilan, Mexico.

Maya culture, 725

stele

Question 6

Answer 6

Lanzón, Chavin De Huantar
Peru.

Chavin culture,

c. 900 BCE.

Granite, height 15‘

Question 7

Answer 7

Earth Drawing (Geoglyph) Of A Hummingbird,

Nazca Plain, Southwest Peru.

Nazca culture, c. 1-700 CE.

Length approx. 450’; wingspan approx. 220’.

Question 8

Answer 8

Pyramid of the Sun,

Teotihuacan,

c. 100-650 CE.

Question 9

Answer 9

Earspool, From Sipán, Peru.

Moche culture,

c. 300 CE.

Gold, turquoise, quartz, and shell, diameter approx. 3“

Question 10

Answer 10

Beaver Effigy Platform Pipe from Bedford Mound,

Pike County, Illinois.

Hopewell culture,

c. 100-400 CE.

Pipestone, river pearls, and bone, 4-9/16” × 1-7/8” × 2”.

Question 11

Answer 11

GREAT SERPENT MOUND,

Adams County, Ohio.

Mississippian culture,

c. 1070 CE.

Length approx. 1,254’

Question 12

Answer 12

Pueblo Bonito,

Chaco Canyon,

New Mexico,

830-1250 CE

Question 13

Answer 13

Hunter’s Mural

Nine Mile Canyon, Utah.

Fremont people,

800-1300 CE.

Question 14

Answer 14

Calendar Stone, Mexico.

Aztec,

c. 1500.

Diameter 11’6-3/4”

Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City

Question 15

Answer 15

The Goddess Coatlicue, Mexico.

Aztec,

c. 1500.

Basalt, height 8’6“

Question 16

Answer 16

A View Of The World

Page from Codex Fejervary-Mayer.

Mexico. Aztec or Mixtec,

c. 1400-1519.

Paint on animal hide, each page 6-7/8” × 6-7/8“

Question 17

Answer 17

MACHU PICCHU, Peru

Inca,

1450-1530

Question 18

Answer 18

Llama From Bolivia or Peru,

found near Lake Titicaca, Bolivia.

Inca,

15th century.

Cast silver with gold and cinnabar, 9” × 8-1/2” × 1-3/4“

Question 19

Answer 19

Feathered Basket, California.

Pomo culture,

c. 1877.

Willow, bulrush, fern, feather, shells, glass beads.

Height 5-1/2“, diameter 12”

Question 20

Answer 20

Battle Scene, Hide Painting

North Dakota.

Mandan,

1797-1800.

Tanned buffalo hide, dyed porcupine quills, and black, red, green, yellow, and brown pigment,

7’10” × 8’6”

Question 21

Answer 21

Grizzly Bear House-partition Screen,

From the house of Chief Shakes of Wrangell, Canada.

Tlingit people,

c. 1840.

Cedar, paint, and human hair,

15’ × 8‘

Question 22

Answer 22

Attributed to Willie Seaweed,

Kwakwaka’wakw Bird Mask,

Alert Bay, Vancouver Island, Canada.

Prior to 1951.

Cedar wood, cedar bark, feathers, and fiber,

10” × 72” × 15”

Question 23

Answer 23

Hosteen Klah,

Whirling Log Ceremony, Sand painting;

tapestry by Mrs. Sam Manuelito.

Navajo, c. 1925.

Wool, 5’5” × 5’10“

Question 24

Answer 24

Pablita Velarde,

Koshares Of Taos,

New Mexico. 1940s.

Watercolor on paper, 13-7/8” × 22-3/8”

Question 25

Answer 25

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith,

The Red Mean: Self-portrait,

1992.

Acrylic, newspaper collage, and mixed media on canvas,

90” × 60“