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About geography and chronological periods in Native American art

Terms and Issues in Native American Art

Pueblo architecture and its relationship to place

Works of Art

Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan), Awataba Kiva Mural

1981

Weaving the landscape: DY Begay’s The Edge

2013

John Choate, Boarding School Portraits of Tom Torlino

1882

1885

Paquimé jars

c. 1200–1450

c. 1150–1450

Mission Church, San Esteban del Rey, Acoma Pueblo

1629–42

1629

Paquimé (Casas Grandes), Mogollon culture

8th–mid-15th century

Socorro black-on-white storage jar

c. 1050–1100

White Ogre Tihu (Katsina Figure)

c. 1900

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Artists

Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa), Polacca Polychrome Water Jar, c. 1895–1900, clay and pigment, made in Arizona, U.S., 30.5 × 34.3 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa), Polacca Polychrome Water Jar, c. 1895–1900, clay and pigment, made in Arizona, U.S., 30.5 × 34.3 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Velino Shije Herrera

Pablita (Tse Tsan) Velarde

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Periods, Cultures, Styles

Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa), Polacca Polychrome Water Jar, c. 1895–1900, clay and pigment, made in Arizona, U.S., 30.5 × 34.3 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Puebloan

Woven horizontal bands of color (detail), D. Y. Begay, The Edge, 2013, wool with natural dye, 40 1/4 x 34 3/4 inches, each corner tassel length: 3 3/4 inches (Saint Louis Art Museum) © D.Y. Begay

Diné (Navajo)

Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (photo: Paul Williams, CC BY-NC 2.0)

Ancestral Puebloan

Paquimé, c. 1150–1350 C.E., Chihuahua, Mexico

Mogollon

Curated Guides to Southwestern Native American

All Textbook Chapters Thematic Series

Modern Art, Colonialism, Primitivism, and Indigenism: 1830–1950

Textbook Chapter - Reframing Art History

Seeing America

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