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indigenous&
Post European Contact americas

1000bce-1980ce

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153. Chavín de Huántar Northern highlands,Peru.Chavín.900–200bce.Stone(architecturalcomplex);granite (Lanzónandsculpture);hammered gold alloy (jewelry).

154. Mesa Verde cliff dwellings Montezuma County,Colorado. AncestralPuebloan (Anasazi). 450–1300ce. Sandstone.

155. Yaxchilán. Chiapas, Mexico. Maya. 725 ce. Limestone (architectural complex).

156. Great Serpent Mound Southern Ohio. Mississippian (EasternWoodlands). C.1070ce. Earthwork/effigymound.

157. Templo Mayor (Main Temple) Tenochtitlan (modern MexicoCity,Mexico) .Mexica(Aztec). 1375–1520ce. Stone (temple); volcanic stone (The Coyolxauhqui Stone); jadeite (Olmec-stylemask); basalt (CalendarStone).

158. Ruler’s feather headdress (probably of Motecuhzoma II) Mexica(Aztec). 1428–1520ce. Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold.

159. City of Cusco, Qorikancha (Inka main temple), Santo Domingo (Spanish colonial convent), and Walls at Saqsa Waman (Sacsayhuaman) Central highlands, Peru. Inka. c. 1440 ce; convent added 1550–1650 ce. Andesite.

160. Maize cobs. Inka. c. 1440–1533 ce.Sheetmetal/repoussé,metal alloys.

161. City of Machu Picchu Central highlands, Peru. Inka. c. 1450–1540 ce. Granite (architectural complex).

162. All-T’oqapu tunic. Inka. 1450–1540 ce.Camelidfiberandcotton.

163. Bandolier bag. Lenape (Delaware tribe, Eastern Woodlands). c. 1850 ce. Beadwork on leather.

164. Transformation mask. Kwakwaka’wakw,NorthwestcoastofCanada.Late19thcenturyce. Wood, paint, and string.

165. Painted elk hide Cotsiogo (CadziCody), Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. C.1890–1900 ce. Painted elk hide.

166. Black-on-black ceramic vessel Maria Martínez & Julian Martínez, Tewa, Puebloan, San Ildefonso Pueblo,New Mexico. C.mid-20th century ce. Blackware ceramic.

81. Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza. ViceroyaltyofNewSpain.c.1541–1542ce. Ink and color on paper.

90. Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei, Master of Calamarca (LaPazSchool). C.17th cent ce. Oil on canvas.

94. Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene Circle González Family.c.1697–1701ce. Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay.

95. Virgen de GuadalupeMiguel González. c.1698ce. Based on original Virgin of Guadalupe. Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City.16th century ce.Oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl.

97. Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo Attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez.c.1715ce.Oil on canvas.

99. Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Miguel Cabrera. c. 1750 ce.Oil on canvas.

118. The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel (El Valle de México desde el Cerro de Santa

Isabel) Jose María Velasco. 1882 ce. Oil on canvas.

140. Las Dos Fridas (The Two Fridas) FridaKahlo. Surrealism. 1939 ce.Oil on canvas.

143. Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Park. Diego Rivera. 1947–1948 ce. Fresco.

233. Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People) Jaune Quick-to-See Smith.1992ce. Oil and mixedmedia on canvas.

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