Indigenous Americas Art

Chavín de Huántar medium

stone

Chavín de Huántar culture

Chavín

Chavín de Huántar date

900-200 BCE

Chavín de Huántar location

Northern Highlands, Peru

Chavín de Huántar style

chavín

Mesa Verde cliff dwellings medium

sandstone

Mesa Verde cliff dwellings culture

Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi)

Mesa Verde cliff dwellings date

450-1300 CE

Mesa Verde cliff dwellings location

Montezuma County, Colorado

Mesa Verde cliff dwellings style

anasazi

Yaxchilán medium

limestone

Yaxchilán culture

Maya

Yaxchilán location

Chiapas, Mexico

Yaxchilán date

725 CE

Yaxchilán style

Maya

Great Serpent Mound culture

Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands)

Great Serpent Mound medium

Earthwork/effigy mound

Great Serpent Mound date

1070 CE

Great Serpent Mound location

Adams County, southern Ohio

Great Serpent Mound style

mississippian

Templo Mayor culture

Mexica (Aztec)

Templo Mayor medium

stone

Templo Mayor date

1375-1520 CE

Templo Mayor location

Tenochtitlan, Mexico

Templo Mayor style

mexica (aztec)

Ruler's feather headdress culture

Mexica (aztec)

Ruler's feather headdress medium

feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold

Ruler's feather headdress date

1428-1520 CE

Ruler's feather headdress style

mexica (aztec)

City of Cusco location

Central Highlands, Peru

City of Cusco culture

inca

City of Cusco medium

Andesite

City of Cusco date

1440 CE: convent added 1550-1560 CE

City of Cusco style

inca

Maize cobs culture

Inca

Maize cobs medium

sheet metal/repousse, gold and silver

Maize cobs date

1440-1533 CE

Maize cobs style

inca

City of Machu Picchu culture

Inca

City of Machu Picchu location

Central Highlands, Peru

City of Machu Picchu medium

granite

City of Machu Picchu date

1450-1540 CE

City of Machu Picchu style

inca

All-T'oqapu tunic culture

inca

All-T'oqapu tunic medium

camelid fiber and cotton

All-T'oqapu tunic date

1450-1540

All-T'oqapu tunic style

inca

Bandolier bag culture

Lenape (Delaware tribe, Eastern Woodlands)

Bandolier bag date

1850 CE

Bandolier bag medium

Beadwork on leather

Bandolier bag style

prairie style

Transformation mask location

Northwest coast of Canada

Transformation mask culture

Kwakwaka'wakw

Transformation mask medium

Wood, paint, and string

Transformation mask date

late 19th century CE

Transformation mask style

formline

Painted Elk Hide culture

Eastern Shoshone

Painted elk hide date

1890-1900 CE

Painted elk hide location

Wind River Reservation, Wyoming

Painted elk hide medium

Painted elk hide

Painted elk hide style

eastern shoshone

Black-on-black ceramic vessel medium

Blackware ceramic

Black-on-black ceramic vessel culture

Puebloan

Black-on-black ceramic vessel date

Mid 20th century CE

Black-on-black ceramic vessel location

New Mexico

Black-on-black ceramic vessel style

san illdefonso

Painted elk hide artist

attributed to cotsiogo

Black-on-black ceramic vessel artist

Maria Martínez and Julian Martínez