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Chavín de Huántar
- Lanzón Stele
- Relief sculpture
- Nose ornament
- Lanzón Stele
- Relief sculpture
- Nose ornament
Artist/Culture: Chavín
Medium: Stone (granite)
- Nose ornament: hammered gold alloy
Medium: Stone (granite)
- Nose ornament: hammered gold alloy
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Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings
Artist/Culture: Ancestral Puebloan/Anasazi
Medium: Sandstone
Medium: Sandstone
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Yaxchilán
- Structure 40
- Structure 33
- Structure 23, Lintel 25
- Structure 40
- Structure 33
- Structure 23, Lintel 25
Artist/Culture: Maya
Medium: Limestone
Medium: Limestone
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Great Serpent Mound
Artist/Culture: Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands)
Medium: Earthwork/effigy mound
Medium: Earthwork/effigy mound
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Temple Mayor (Main Temple)
- Coyolxauhqui stone
- Calendar stone
- Olmec-style mask
- Coyolxauhqui stone
- Calendar stone
- Olmec-style mask
Artist/Culture: Mexica (Aztec)
Medium: Stone
- Coyolxauhqui Stone: volcanic stone
- Calendar stone: basalt
- Olmec-style mask: jadeite
Medium: Stone
- Coyolxauhqui Stone: volcanic stone
- Calendar stone: basalt
- Olmec-style mask: jadeite
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Ruler’s Feather Headdress (probably of Motecuhzoma II)
Artist/Culture: Mexica (Aztec)
Medium: Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold
Medium: Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold
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City of Cusco
- Curved wall of Qorikancha and Church of Santo Domingo
- Walls at Saqsa Waman
- Curved wall of Qorikancha and Church of Santo Domingo
- Walls at Saqsa Waman
Artist/Culture: Inca
Medium: Andesite
Medium: Andesite
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Maize Cobs
Artist/Culture: Inca
Medium: Sheet metal/repoussé, metal alloys
Medium: Sheet metal/repoussé, metal alloys
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City of Machu Picchu
- Observatory
- Intihuatana stone
- Observatory
- Intihuatana stone
Artist/Culture: Inca
Medium: Granite
Medium: Granite
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All-T’oqapu Tunic
Artist/Culture: Inca
Medium: Camelid fiber and cotton
Medium: Camelid fiber and cotton
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Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza
Artist/Culture: Viceroyalty of New Spain
Medium: Ink and color on paper
Medium: Ink and color on paper
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Bandolier Bag
Artist/Culture: Lenape (Delaware tribe, Eastern Woodlands)
Medium: Beadwork on leather
Medium: Beadwork on leather
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Transformation Mask
Artist/Culture: Kwakwaka’wakw
Medium: Wood, paint, and string
Medium: Wood, paint, and string
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Painted Elk Hide
Artist/Culture: Attributed to Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody) / Eastern Shoshone
Medium: Painted elk hide
Medium: Painted elk hide
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Black-on-black Ceramic Vessel
Artist/Culture: Maria Martínez and Julian Martínez/Puebloan
Medium: Blackware ceramic
Medium: Blackware ceramic
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Nan Madol
Artist/Culture: Saudeleur Dynasty
Medium: Basalt boulders and prismatic columns
Medium: Basalt boulders and prismatic columns
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Moai on platform (ahu)
Artist/Culture: Rapa Nui
Medium: Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base
Medium: Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base
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‘Ahu ‘ula
Artist/Culture: Hawaiian
Medium: Feathers, fiber
Medium: Feathers, fiber
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Staff God
Artist/Culture: Rarotonga
Medium: Wood, tapa, fiber, feathers
Medium: Wood, tapa, fiber, feathers
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Female deity
Artist/Culture: Nukuoro
Medium: Wood
Medium: Wood
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Buk mask
Artist/Culture: Torres Strait Islander
Medium: Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, shells
Medium: Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, shells
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Hiapo (tapa)
Artist/Culture: Niue
Medium: Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting
Medium: Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting
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Tamati Waka Nene
Artist/Culture: Gottfried Lindauer
Medium: Oil on canvas
Medium: Oil on canvas
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Navigation Chart
Artist/Culture: Marshall Islands
Medium: Wood and fiber
Medium: Wood and fiber
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Malagan Mask
Artist/Culture: Papuan
Medium: Wood, pigment, fiber, shell
Medium: Wood, pigment, fiber, shell
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Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II
Artist/Culture: Fijian
Medium: Multimedia performance (costume; cosmetics, including scent; chant; movement; and pandanus fiber/hibiscus fiber mats), photographic documentation
Medium: Multimedia performance (costume; cosmetics, including scent; chant; movement; and pandanus fiber/hibiscus fiber mats), photographic documentation
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