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What did the Inca believe gold and silver were?
They believed that gold was the sweat of the sun and silver was the tears of the moon.
What Aztec symbols can you recognize in the image above?
Answers may vary. An eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus.
What material was often used in African art to depict people of power?
On what part of the face was a female Maori tattooed?
Around the mouth and on the chin.
What does the checkerboard pattern on this Inca textile indicate about the person wearing it?
A military officer or royal escort
What is the Land of Four Quarters?
Another name for the Inca Empire
Summarize the Pomo legend, explaining the significance of the basket.
Answers will vary. According to Pomo legend, the earth was dark until their hero stole the sun and brought it to the earth in a basket. He hangs the basket each day, moving its position because he cannot decide which light he likes.
How was the robe painting seen above acquired?
Answers may vary. The robe was collected by Lewis and Clark on their expedition into the western lands acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. It was sent to President Jefferson.
What is twining?
Answers may vary slightly. Twining is the sewing together of a vertical warp of rods.
What is moko?
Tattooed designs of the Maori people that became a personal signature.
What caused many of the Moai at Easter Island to be destroyed?
Answers may vary. Many of them were knocked down and destroyed when the natives entered a period of warfare among themselves.
What do the parts of the image above represent?
Answers may vary.The currents are represented by sticks held together by coconut fibers, and the shells mark the islands on the route.
In the bwami system of the Lega people, what did the masks do?
They taught lessons and represented moral values or proverbs.
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