Indigenous Americas Art ID Quiz

Chavin de Huantar

Northern highlands, Peru

Chavin

900-200 BCE

Stone, granite, hammered gold alloy

Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings

Montezuma County, Colorado

Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi)

450-1300 C.E.

Sandstone

Yaxachilan

Chiapas, Mexico

725 C.E.

Limestone (architectural complex)

Great Serpent Mound

Adams County, southern Ohio

Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands)

1070 C.E.

Earthwork/effigy mound

Tempolo Mayor

Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City, Mexico)

Mexica (Aztec)

1375-1520 C.E.

Stone (temple); volcanic stone (The Coyolxauhqui Stone); jadeite (Olmec-style mask); basalt (Calendar Stone)

Ruler's feather headdress (probably of Motecuhzoma II)

Mexica (Aztec)

1428-1520 C.E.

Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold

City of Cusco

Central highlands, Peru

Inka

1440 C.E.

Sandstone

Maize cobs

Inka

1440-1533 C.E.

Sheet metal/repoussé, metal alloys

City of Machu Picchu

Central highlands, Peru

Inka

1450-1540 C.E.

Granite (architectural complex)

All- T'oquapu tunic

Inka

1450-1540 CE

Camelid Fiber and cotton

Bandolier Bag

Lenape (Delaware tribe, Eastern Woodlands) tribe

1850 C.E.

Beadwork on leather

Transformation Mask

Kwakwaka'wakw, Northwest coast of Canada

Late 19th century C.E.

Wood, paint, and string

Hide Painting of Sun Dance

Attributed to Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody)

Eastern Shoshone

Painted elk hide

Wind River Reservation, Wyoming

1890- 1900

Black-on-black ceramic vessel

Maria Martínez and Julian Martínez

Tewa, Puebloan, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

mid-20th century C.E.

Blackware ceramic