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28 Cards in this Set
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AZTEC EMPIRE(mexico) "A view of the world" Paint on animal hide |
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AZTEC EMPIRE(mexico) "The Founding of Tenochtitlan" from Codex Mendoza Ink and color on paper drawn by Aztecs for the spanish |
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AZTEC EMPIRE(mexico) Goddess Coatlique, (Mother Goddess) -She of the serpent skirt Carved basalt, 10 tons |
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AZTEC EMPIRE(mexico) Calendar Stone or Sun Stone, 1500c, 24 tons |
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Tenochtitlan |
city - state Aztec altpetl |
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INCA EMPIRE(south america) Macchu Picchu, estate of Inca Ruler 9000' in Andes Inca, Peru, 15th c |
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INCA EMPIRE(south america) Inca Textiles Tunic 1500 c. Inca Woven of wool and cotton |
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INCA EMPIRE(south america) Inca Gold Llama Inca, Peru , 15th c. Cast silver with gold, 9'' h |
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INCA ANIMALS |
LLAMA, ALPACA, VICUNA |
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EASTERN WOODLANDS Baby Carrier, Eastern Sioux,Upper Missouri River area, 19th c.Board, buckskin, porcupine quill, 31” long |
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GREAT PLAINS INDIANS Battle-Scene, Hide Painting 1800Mandan, North Dakota Tanned buffalo hide, dyed porcupine quills, and pigments |
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NORTHWEST COAST Grizzly Bear House-Partition Screen Tlingit,Chief Shakes of Wrangell, Canada, 1840Cedar, native paint and human hair |
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Willie Seaweed, Kawkwaka’wakw Bird Mask 1950sHamatsa Society, Albert Bay, Canada, Cedar bark, fibers, paint |
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SOUTHWEST US - ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO Julia Jumbo, "Two Grey Hills Weaving" Navajo, 2003,hand spun and dyed wool |
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FAR WEST - CALIFORNIA Pomo Feathered Gift Basket Pomo, Northern California, coiled, with willow, bulrush, feathers, shells, beads |
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AUSTRALIA – Aboriginal Cultures Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Man’s Love Story, 1978 Polymer paint on canvas |
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MELANESIAWest Papua Province, New Guinea, (Indonesia) Asmat Ancestral Spirit Poles 1960s, carved tree trunks & roots, paint & fiber |
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POLYNESIA Feather Cloak of King Kamehameha III (now called Kearny Cloak)Hawaiian Islands, Polynesia c. 1843 Red, yellow and black feathers from now-extinct birds |
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YORUBA, NigeriaOlowe of Ise(artist) -1938 Door from Royal PalaceYoruba carved wood and pigments |
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Ibegi or Twin FigureYoruba culture, Nigeriacarved wood, 7”h 20th c. |
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KONGO, Democratic Republic of Congo Nkisi Nkonde Power Figure(oath-taking type) wood, nails, blades, pins, and other material |
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DOGON, Mali (Africa) Kanaga & Rabbit Masquerade Figures at Dama: (funeral ceremony) wood and paint 20th c |
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Invention of PHOTOGRAPHYDaguerre, Artist’s Studio, 1837 |
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IMPRESSIONISM (France, 1880s) RENOIR, Moulin de la Galette (The Pancake Mill) oil on canvas, 1876 |
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CUBISM (France, early 20th c)Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, oil on canvas , 1907 |
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MEXICAN MURAL MOVEMENT, 1920s - 1940s Diego Rivera, The Great City of Tenochtitlan, 1929-1945, National Palace, Mexico City |
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EARTHWORKSRobert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970, Great Salt Lake Utahmud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks, water |
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TRANSFORMATION of CRAFT in 21st CenturyDale Chihuly, "THE SUN", hand-blown & assembled glass, 2009 |
