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Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas

Shoshone beaded men's moccasins, Wyoming

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Kuna woman with molas, Panama

Huichol bead artist

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Woven baskets of emberas women, Panama

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Mantle, Chimu culture, Peru

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Moche culture, two ear ornaments with winged runners

Wari culture, M

osaic figure

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Man's hide jacket, Alaska and Canada

Yup'ik mask, A

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A petroglyph of a caravan of bighorn sheep near Moab, Utah

Huastec art

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Tsuu T'ina painted hide tipi, Canada

A totem pole in Ketchikan, Alaska

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Cave painting, Serra da Capivara National Park

Tiriyó-Kaxuyana beadwork, Brasil

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Pomo beaded, coiled basket, California

Nez Perce Shirt, Great Basin tribes

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Bags and pouches of Sioux, the West

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en’s dress of the Sioux

Credit: By Johantheghost - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=584823 By Claire H. from New York City, USA - Basket BowlUploaded by Babbage, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7443146 By No machine-readable author provided. Kaixodude assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1952649 By Adumoul - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8042810 By http://veton.picq.fr - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10055069 By Unknown - This file was derived from: Serra da Capivara - Several Paintings 2.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29962386 By Jim Bouldin, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1197761 By Ra'ike - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3537459 By Durova - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3181477

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American Indians of the Southwest

American Indians of the Southwest

religious ceremony religious ceremony

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altar altar

water carrying water carrying

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pottery pottery

poncho poncho

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weaving weaving

women’s woolen dress women’s woolen dress

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rituals rituals

woman’s role woman’s role

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basket weaving basket weaving

papoose carrier papoose carrier

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house house

hominy hominy

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hunting hunting

carreta carreta

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Hominy

The Pueblo made hominy by removing the coating of the corn with a lye made of wood ashes and then boiling. The Hopi also made paper bread.

American Indians of the Southwest

There were three main categories of the Southwest American Indians. 1) The Farmers - The Yuma and Pima. 2) The Villagers - The Zuni, Pueblo and Hopi. 3) The Nomads - The Apache and Navajo.

Religious Ceremony

The Hopi’s religious ceremonies were usually held in the kiva, an underground chamber.

Altar

This is the altar of the Powamu society. The god of germination is represented by the largest of the three idols.

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Poncho

The designs of poncho were often made with pictures of clouds and rain.

Water Carrying

The Hopi women took long walks carrying water from the springs far down in the valley.

Pottery

When making pottery the Indians used neither measure, model, nor potters wheel. All was done from memory and with the hands.

Weaving

Among all the Navaho every family possessed the necessary skills for weaving blankets.

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Women’s Woollen Dress

The women wore a woollen dress that covered the knees, on top of several skirts of cotton.

Rituals

At sunset, the snakes were carried to the plaza where people were singing and dancing. As one priest took a snake in his mouth, the other attracted its attention with the whip of feathers.

Basket Weaving

All of the Apache women made baskets, some of them water-tight to be used as jugs. Sometimes they weaved baskets around themselves. These were used as a storage for grains and vegetables.

Carreta The Indians learned of the

wheel from the Spaniards and built their own vehicles. The wheels of the carreta were usually made from a section of a tree trunk and the whole was constructed from wood, not even nails being used.

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Papoose Carrier The largest basket

made by Indians was for burden purposes and the Indian women often used them as papoose carriers.

House

The Hopi’s homes were three stories high and were made out of rough stone. They were forts as well.

Woman’s Role

The Pima women did all the heavy work, except hunting, ploughing and sewing. When the family moved, the husband usually rode and the wife walked, carrying a papoose or the grains she had harvested.

Hunting The Pueblo killed

little animals with boomerangs or with arrows and sticks. Fish they never ate due to their beliefs.

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Credit: American Indians: First Families of the Southwest Book by John Frederick Huckel