indigenous americas

chavín de huantar

stone, granite, gold, peru

yaxchilán

chiapas, mexico, maya, limestone

templo mayor

stone, aztec, mexico city, mexico

coyolxuahqui, calendar/sun stone

volcanic stone, mexico city

olmec mask

jadeite, mexico city

aztec feathered headdress

feathers, gold, aztec

qorikancha and covent of santo domingo

sandstone, peru, inkan

sasqa wayman

stone, city of cuzco

maize cobs

sheet metal, gold, silver alloys, berlin, germany, origional inkan

city of machu piku

granite, peru, inkan

all-t’oqapu

camelid fiber, cotton, inkan

mesa verde

sandstone, anasazi, colorado

great serpent mound

eastern woodlands, ohio, earthwork

bandolier bag

lenape, beadwork on leather

transformation mask

kwakwaka’wakw, canada, wood, paint

painted elk hide

wyoming, by cotsiogo

black on black ceramic vessel

pueblo, mexico, by maria and julien martinez