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Bandolier bag
a large, heavily beaded pouch that crosses the body
Codex
a manuscript book
Contour Rivalry
a visually complex technique where two images share parts or outlines, leading to a deliberately confusing overlapping of imagery
Earthwork
art made of the earth and located amongst nature, not in galleries or museums
Fitted stone masonry
Inca technique where blocks of stone are kept to their natural shape as much as possible, with edges flattened off and then fitted together with other stones without mortar
Formline style
characteristics of Northwest coastal Native American culture; masks are bilaterally symmetrical, with thick undulating black lines and ovoid shapes
Frontispiece
an illustration facing the title page of a book
Kiva
a plaza that was the religious or social center for Native American pueblos
Prairie style
Native American decorative arts style that utilized colorful glass beads fashioned in floral patterns
Pueblo
village of adjoined flat-roofed structures; made of adobe or stone
Repoussé
“to push back;” a sculptural technique where a thin sheet of metal, gold, or bronze is fit onto a mold; the mold is beaten from the backside/inside, leaving a raised design on the surface/exterior.
Roof comb
a wall rising from the center or front of a building to give the appearance of greater height
San Ildefonso
Neolithic Puebloan ceramic style; revived in the 20 th c.
Seed Beads
small glass beads; prized for their brilliant colors
Terrace
common element of Inca highland agriculture; flat arable land cut into cliffsides
Warp
basic threads of a textile
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