content 5: indigenous americas

chavín de huántar
northern highlands, peru
900-200 bce
stone

mesa verde cliff dwellings
montezuma county, colorado
450-1300 ce
sandstone

yaxchilán
chiapas, mexico
725 ce
limestone

great serpent mound
adams county, southern ohio
1070 ce
earthwork, effigy mound

templo mayor
tenochtitlan, mexio city, mexico
1375-1520 ce
stone

ruler’s feather headdress
aztec
1428-1520 ce
feathers (quetzal and blue cotinga) and gold

city of cusco
central highlands, peru
1440 ce
stone

maize cobs
inca
1440-1533 ce
sheet metal (repousse), metal alloys

machu picchu
central highlands, peru
1450-1540 ce
granite

all-t’oqapu tunic
inka
1450-1540 ce
camelid fiber and cotton

bandolier bag
lenape (delaware tribe)
1850 ce
beadwork on leather

transformation mask
kwakwaha’wakw, northwest coast of canada
late 19th century
wood, paint, string

painted elk hide
cotsiogo (cadzi cody)
1890-1900 ce
painted elk hide

black-on-black ceramic vessel
maria martinez and julian martinez
mid-20th century
blackware ceramic