INDIGENOUS AMERICAS

SOUTH AMERICA PRE INKAN

Chavín de Huántar. 

Northern highlands, Peru.Chavin. 

900-200 BCE. 

Stone (architectural complex);  plan

SOUTH AMERICA PRE INKAN

Lanzon Stele. 

Chavín de Huántar.  Northern highlands, Peru.  Chavin. 

900-200 BCE.

granite

SOUTH AMERICA PRE INKAN

Chavín de Huántar.  Northern highlands, Peru.  Chavin. 

900-200 BCE.

hammered gold alloy (jewelry). 

SOUTH AMERICA INKAN EMPIRE City of Cusco, plan

Central highlands, Peru.  Inka. 

C. 1440 C.E

SOUTH AMERICA INKAN EMPIRE City of Cusco, Qorikancha (also known as Golden Enclosure or Temple of Sun),

Central highlands, Peru.  Inka.  C. 1440 C.E.
sandstone, originally veneered with sheets of fold, silver and emeralds, [surmounted by convent of Santo Domingo, Baroque period]

SOUTH AMERICA INKAN EMPIRE  Maize cobs.

Inka. c.

1400–1533 C.E.

Sheet metal/repousée, gold and silver alloys

SOUTH AMERICA INKAN EMPIRE City of Machu Picchu, 

Central Highlands, Peru.  Inka. 

C. 1450-1540 C.E. 

Granite

SOUTH AMERICA INKAN EMPIRE Observatory
City of Machu Picchu.

Central highlands, Peru. Inka. c.

1450–1540 C.E.

Granite (architectural complex).
Intihuatana Stone, prism

SOUTH AMERICA INKAN EMPIRE 

All T’oqapu Tunic
Camelid fibers, Cotton
1450 - 1540 C.E.
Peru

MESOAMERICA

Yaxchilan.  Chiapas, Mexico. Maya 725 CE. 

Structure 33

MESOAMERICA 

Lady Xok’s vision of Giant Snake.  Yaxchilan,

lintel from structure 23,

Chiapas, Mexico.  Maya

8^th CE

limestone

MESOAMERICA

Templo Mayor (Main Temple). 

Tenochtitlán, (modern Mexico City, Mexico).  Mexica (Aztec). 

1375 – 1520 C.E.

Stone

MESOAMERICA

Coyolxauhqui from the Templo Mayor,

Tenochtitlán, Mexico.  Mexica (Aztec)

ca. 1469
volcanic stone

MESOAMERICA

Calendar Stone, 

basalt. 

From Templo Mayor.  Mexica (Aztec)

MESOAMERICA

Olmec-style mask

(from ritual burial at Templo Mayor)

jadeite

MESOAMERICA

Ruler’s feather headdress (probably of Motecuhzoma II)

. Mexica (Aztec).

1428–1520 C.E.

Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold,

NORTHAMERICA

Great Serpent Mound.

Adams County, southern Ohio. Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands). c. 1070 C.E.

Earthwork/effigy mound.

NORTHAMERICA

Bandolier bag. 

Lenape (eastern Delaware) tribe. 1850 C.E. 

Beadwork on leather,

NORTHAMERICA

Hide painting of Sun Dance. Attributed to Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody),

Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming.

c. 1890–1900 C.E.

Painted elk hide,

NORTHAMERICA

Transformation Mask

Kwakwaka’wakw, Northwest coast of Canada

late 19th century C.E.
wood, feathers and string

NORTHAMERICA

Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. Montezuma County, Colorado. Anasazi

. 450–1300 C.E

. Sandstone.

NORTHAMERICA

Maria Montoya Martínez Jar

from San Ildefonso Pueblo
New Mexico

ca. 1939
blackware