INDIGENOUS AMERICAS

1,000 BCE - 1,980 C

CHAVIN DE HUÁNTAR

Chavín culture 900-200 ВСЕ stone, granite, hammered gold alloy, Present day Peru, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

MESA VERDE CLIFF DWELLINGS

Anasazi, 450-1300 CE sandstone Montezuma County, Colorado, US

YAXCHILÁN

Maya 725 CE limestone Chiapas, Mexico British Museum, London

GREAT SERPENT MOUND

Mississippian c. 1070 CE, Earthwork/effigy mound present day Adams County, OH

TEMPLO MAYOR

Mexica/Aztec 1375-1520 CE stone Tenochtitlan (present day Mexico City)

RULER'S FEATHER HEADDRESS

Mexica/Aztec 1428-1520 CE, feathers & gold Museuo Nacional de Antropologica, Mexico City, Mexico

CITY OF CUSCO

Inka 1440 CE Andesite Central highlands. Peru

MAIZE COBS

Inka с. 1440 -1533 CE Sheet metal / repoussé Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

MACHU PICCHU

Inka 1450-1540 CE Granite Central highlands, Peru

ALL-T'OQAPU TUNIC

Inka 1450-1540 CE, Camelid fiber & cotton Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington DC

BANDOLIER BAG

Lenape c. 1850 CE Beadwork on leather National Museum of the American Indian, NYC

TRANSFORMATION MASK

Kwakwaka'wakw Late 19th century CE wood, paint, string Musee du Qual Branly

PAINTED ELK HIDE

Cotsiogo c. 1890 -1900 CE Painted elk hide Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY

BLACK ON BLACK CERAMIC VESSEL

Maria and Julian Martinez c. mid-20th century CE Blackware ceramic Tewa, Pueblo, New Mexico