Arts of the Americas

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Arts of the Americas
William V. Ganis, PhD
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Mesoamerica
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Olmec Art
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Colossal Head La Venta, Mexico 900-400
B.C.E.basalt9 ft. 4 in. high.
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Ceremonial ax in the form of a jaguar-human from
La Venta, Mexico 900-400 B.C.E.jadite11 1/2 in.
high.
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seated figure with raised arms from Colima,
Mexico ca. 200 B.C.E. - 250 C.E.clay with orange
and red slip1 ft. 1 in. high
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aerial view of Teotihuacán Pyramid of the Moon
(foreground)Pyramid of the Sun (top
left)Citadel (background) Valley of Mexico,
Mexico structures ca. 50-200
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detail of the Temple of Quetzalcóatl The Ctadel,
TeotihuacánValley of Mexico, Mexico 3rd century
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Goddess Tetitla apartment complex at
Teotihuacán 650 - 750 C.E.pigments over clay and
plaster
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Mayan Art
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Stele D portraying the ruler 18-Rabbit Great
Plaza at Copán, Honduras 736stone11 ft. 9 in.
high
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Ball Court Middle Plaza at Copán, Honduras 738
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Ball Court Middle Plaza at Copán, Honduras 738
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Ball Court Middle Plaza at Copán, Honduras 738
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Ball Court Middle Plaza at Copán, Honduras 738
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Complex R Mound Tikal, Petén, Guatemala ca. 790
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Complex Q Pyramid Tikal, Petén, Guatemala ca. 731
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Temple IV Tikal, Petén, Guatemala ca. 741212 ft.
high
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Temple IV Tikal, Petén, Guatemala ca. 741212 ft.
high
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Temple IV Tikal, Petén, Guatemala ca. 741212 ft.
high
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View of Temples I II from Temple IV Tikal,
Petén, Guatemala ca. 741212 ft. high
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Temple I Tikal, Petén, Guatemala ca. 732145 ft.
high
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Temple I Tikal, Petén, Guatemala ca. 732145 ft.
high
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Temple I Tikal, Petén, Guatemala ca. 732145 ft.
high
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Temple I Tikal, Petén, Guatemala ca. 732145 ft.
high
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Temple I Tikal, Petén, Guatemala ca. 732145 ft.
high
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Great Plaza Ballcourt (Structure 5D-74) Tikal,
Petén, Guatemala ca. 732
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Ballplayer from Jaina Island, Mexico 700-900paint
ed clay6 1/4 in. high
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Presentation of captives to Lord Chan Muwan Room
2, Structure 1, Bonampak, Mexico ca.
790muralapproximately 17 x 15 ft.
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Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc from Lintel 24, Temple
23Yaxchilán, Mexico ca. 725limestone3 ft. 7
in. x 2 ft. 6 1/2 in.
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Enthroned Maya lord and courtiers, cylinder vase
(rollout view) from Motul de San José region,
Guatemala 672-830ceramic with pigment on cream
slipapproximately 8 in. high
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The Caracol (foreground) and the Castillo
(background) Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico ca.
800-900
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The Castillo Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico ca.
800-900
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The Caracol Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico ca.
800-900
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Toltec Art
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Colossal atlantids Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico ca.
900-1180stone16 ft. high
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Aztec Art
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Mictlantecuhtli and Quetzalcóatl illuminated
page from the Borgia Codex from Puebla/Tlaxcala,
Mexico ca. 1400-1500mineral and vegetable
pigments on deerskinapproximately 10 5/8 in. x
10 3/8 in.
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Great Temple Aztec (Reconstruction
Drawing) Tenochtitlán, Mexico City ca.1400 - 1500
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Coyolxauhqui from the Great Temple of
TenochtitlánMexico City, Mexico ca.
1469stoneapproximately 10 ft. 10 in.
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Coatlique from Tenochtitlán, Mexico City,
Mexico 1487-1520andesite11 ft. 6 in. high
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South America
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Tairona Art
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pendant in the form of a bat-faced man from
northeastern Colombia after 1000gold5 1/4 in.
high
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Chavín Art
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reconstuction drawing of a sacred center Chavín
de Huántar, Peru first millennium B.C.E
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Raimondi Stele Chavín de Huántar, Peru first
millennium B.C.Eincised green diorite6 ft. high
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Paracas Art
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Embroidered funerary mantle from southern coast
of Peru first century C.E.plain weave camelid
fiber with stem-stitch embroidery with camelid
wool4 ft. 7 7/8 in. x 7 ft. 10 7/8 in.
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Nasca Art
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Hummingbird Nasca Plain, Nasca, Peru ca. 500dark
layer of pebbles scraped aside to reveal lighted
clay and calcite beneath200 ft. wingspan, 459
ft. length
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Moche Art
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Vessel in the shape of a portrait head from north
coast, Peru 5th - 6th centurypainted clay12 1/2
in. high
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Ear Ornament from a tomb at Sípan, Peru ca.
300gold and turquoiseapproximately 4 7/8 in.
wide
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Wari Art
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Lima Tapestry from Peru ca. 500-800textile3 ft.
3 3/8 in. x 2 ft. 11 3/8 in.
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Inka Art
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Machu Pichu Peru 15th century
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Wall of the Golden Enclosure(surmounted by the
church of Santo Domingo) Cuzco, Peru 15th century
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North America
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Mississippian Art
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Pipe from a mound in Ohio ca 500-1 B.C.E.stone8
in. high
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Serpent Mound Adams County, Ohio ca. 10701200
ft. long, 20 ft. wide, 5 ft. high
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Incised shell gorgetfrom Summer County,
Tennessee ca. 1250-13004 in. wide
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Mimbres Art
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bowl with two cranes and geometric formsfrom
New Mexico ca. 1250ceramic, black on
whitediameter approximately 1 ft. 1/2 in.
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Anasazi Art
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Cliff Dwelling Mesa Verde National Park,
Colorado ca. 1150-1300
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Canyon Dwellings Hovenweep National Monument,
Utah/Colorado border ca. 1150-1300
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detail of Kiva painting from Kuaua Pueblo
(Coranado State Monument) Anasazi, New
Mexico late 15th to early 16th century
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Hopi Art
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Otto Pentewa Katsina Figurine before
1959cottonwood root1 ft. high
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Pueblo Art
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Maria Montoya Martínez Jar from San Ildefonso
PuebloNew Mexico ca. 1939blackware11 1/8 x 13
in.
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Kwakiutl Art
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Eagle Transformation Mask from Alert Bay late
19th centurywood, feathers and
stringapproximately 1 ft. 10 in. x 11 in.
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Tlingit Art
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Chilkat blanket with stylized animal motifs early
20th centurymountain goats wool and cedar
bark6 ft. x 2 ft. 11 in.
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War helmet collected 1888-1893wood1 ft. high
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Haida Art
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Reconstruction of a 19th century Haida village
with totlem poles Queen Charlotte Island,
Canada 1962
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Eskimo Art
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Burial Mask from Point Hope, Alaska ca.
100ivory9 1/2 in. wide
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Yupik Art
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Mask from Alaska early 20th centurywood and
feathersapproximately 3 ft. 9 in. high
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Plains Peoples Art
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Karl Bodmer Hidatsa Warrior Pehriska-Ruhpa (Two
Ravens) 1833watercolor1 ft. 3 7/8 in. x 11 1/2
in.
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Honoring Song at painted tipi 1880pencil, ink
and colored pencil7 1/2 in. x 1 ft.
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Jaune Quick-to-see Smith Trade (Gifts for Trading
Land with White People) 1992oil and mixed media
on canvas5 ft. x 14 ft. 2 in.
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Tiwanaku Art
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Gateway of the Sun Tiwanaku, Bolivia ca.
375-700stone9 ft. 10 in. high
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Bridge-spouted vessel with flying figures from
Nasca River Valley, Peru ca. 50-200painted
ceramicapproximately 5 1/2 in. high