Non-Western: Pre-Columbian Americas Flashcards
Colossal Head,
San Lorenzo Mexico.
Olmec culture,
c. 1200-900 BCE.
Basalt, height 7’5“
Pyramid Of The Feathered Serpent
The Ciudadela,
Teotihuacan, Mexico.
Teotihuacan culture, c. 200 CE
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”.
Temple of the Inscriptions (Tomb of Pakal the Great),
c. 683 CE.
Shield Jaguar and Lady Xok, Lintel 24.
Yaxchilan, Mexico.
Maya culture, 725
stele
Lanzón, Chavin De Huantar
Peru.
Chavin culture,
c. 900 BCE.
Granite, height 15‘
Earth Drawing (Geoglyph) Of A Hummingbird,
Nazca Plain, Southwest Peru.
Nazca culture, c. 1-700 CE.
Length approx. 450’; wingspan approx. 220’.
Pyramid of the Sun,
Teotihuacan,
c. 100-650 CE.
Earspool, From Sipán, Peru.
Moche culture,
c. 300 CE.
Gold, turquoise, quartz, and shell, diameter approx. 3“
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”.
GREAT SERPENT MOUND,
Adams County, Ohio.
Mississippian culture,
c. 1070 CE.
Length approx. 1,254’
Pueblo Bonito,
Chaco Canyon,
New Mexico,
830-1250 CE
Hunter’s Mural
Nine Mile Canyon, Utah.
Fremont people,
800-1300 CE.
Calendar Stone, Mexico.
Aztec,
c. 1500.
Diameter 11’6-3/4”
Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City
The Goddess Coatlicue, Mexico.
Aztec,
c. 1500.
Basalt, height 8’6“
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“
MACHU PICCHU, Peru
Inca,
1450-1530
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“
Feathered Basket, California.
Pomo culture,
c. 1877.
Willow, bulrush, fern, feather, shells, glass beads.
Height 5-1/2“, diameter 12”
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”
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‘
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”
Hosteen Klah,
Whirling Log Ceremony, Sand painting;
tapestry by Mrs. Sam Manuelito.
Navajo, c. 1925.
Wool, 5’5” × 5’10“
Pablita Velarde,
Koshares Of Taos,
New Mexico. 1940s.
Watercolor on paper, 13-7/8” × 22-3/8”
