Art of the Americas

Chavín de Huántar
- Lanzón Stele
- Relief sculpture
- Nose ornament

Culture: Chavín
Medium: Stone (granite)
- Nose ornament: hammered gold alloy

Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings (Artist)

Artist: Ancestral Puebloan
Culture: Anasazi
Medium: Sandstone

Yaxchilán
- Structure 40
- Structure 33
- Structure 23, Lintel 25

Artist/Culture: Maya
Medium: Limestone

Great Serpent Mound

Artist/Culture: Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands)
Medium: Earthwork/effigy mound

Temple Mayor (Main Temple)
- Coyolxauhqui stone
- Calendar stone
- Olmec-style mask

Artist/Culture: Mexica (Aztec)
Medium: Stone
- Coyolxauhqui Stone: volcanic stone
- Calendar stone: basalt
- Olmec-style mask: jadeite

Ruler’s Feather Headdress (probably of Motecuhzoma II)

Artist/Culture: Mexica (Aztec)
Medium: Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold

City of Cusco
- Curved wall of Qorikancha and Church of Santo Domingo
- Walls at Saqsa Waman

Artist/Culture: Inca
Medium: Andesite

Maize Cobs

Culture: Inca
Medium: Sheet metal/repoussé, metal alloys

City of Machu Picchu
- Observatory
- Intihuatana stone

Culture: Inca
Medium: Granite

All-T’oqapu Tunic

Culture: Inca
Medium: Camelid fiber and cotton

Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza

Artist/Culture: Viceroyalty of New Spain
Medium: Ink and color on paper

Bandolier Bag

Culture: Lenape (Delaware tribe, Eastern Woodlands)
Medium: Beadwork on leather

Transformation Mask

Artist/Culture: Kwakwaka’wakw
Medium: Wood, paint, and string

Painted Elk Hide (Artist)

Artist: Attributed to Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody)
Culture: Eastern Shoshone
Medium: Painted elk hide

Black-on-black Ceramic Vessel (Artist)

Artist: Maria Martínez and Julian Martínez
Culture: Puebloan
Medium: Blackware ceramic