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Chavín de Huántar
- A place of worshipping
- Northern Highlands, Peru, Ancash Region
- Stone, Granite, Hammered Gold Alloy
- Currently an Archaeological site
- Contains ruins and artifacts from as long as 1200 B.C.
- Pre-Inca
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Bandolier Bag
- Used for carrying materials
- Beadwork on leather of Indianopolis
- A bag that children would wear and carry around
- Lenape Tribe (Eastern Delaware)
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Female (Pwo) Mask
- Used by women in performances
- Embodies the ideal feminine beauty and represents the female ancestors
- Wood and Pigment
- Late 19th - Early 20th Century
- Baule Peoples
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The Kaaba
- Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- Granite Masonry, Silk Curtians, Calligraphy in silver and gold
- Pre-Islamic Document
- 631 - 632 C.E
- Islamic
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Terracotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China
- Statues of warriors near the Emperor's grave to serve him in the afterlife
- Painted Terra Cotta, Life like based statues, Different face structures for each individual statue
- 221 - 209 B.C.E
- Qin Dynasty
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Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace
- Illustration of an attack
- Ink and color on paper
- Handscroll
- 1250 - 1300 C.E.
- Kumakura Period
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Nan Madol
- Pohnpei, Micronesia
- Saudeleur Dynasty
- Basalt Boulders and Prismatic Columns
- 700 - 1600 C.E
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Processional welcoming Queen Elizabeth II to Tonga with Ngatu launima (Tapa Cloth)
- Tonga, Central Polynesia
- Photographic Documentation, Video Art
- To show respect towards Queen Elizabeth II for visiting Tonga and commemorating the war memorial.
- Signs of friendship/allies
- 1953
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Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People)
- Jaune Quick-to-see Smith
- Post Modernism
- Expression (Anger) on behalf of native americans
- Oil and Mixed media on canvas
- 1992
- 500th Year Annivery ever since 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue
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DarkyTown Rebellion
- Kara Walker
- Contemporary/ Post-Modernism
- Use of silhouettes and projection on a wall
- Portrays of what seems to be African Americans over time
- With a purpose of having the viewers feel as if they themselves are part of the artwork
- 2001
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