Ancient Arts of Latin America by Daniel E Murtha https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg en-us 2017-02-16 01:32:11 UTC 2025-11-09 12:08:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Bench Figure (Olmec) daniel_murtha https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/154203866 (Mr. Murtha)
Date:  5th - 2nd Century BC
Where:  Highland Chiapas near Gulf of Mexico
Material:  Greenstone Sculpture
Description:  Figure on a bench may have been used as a decorative or ceremonial object.  Thrones were thought to be seats of power.
Importance:  I think this was important because it shows how someone powerful in the Olmec culture may have been viewed by others.]]> 2017-02-16 01:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/154203866 Jaguars (Aztec and Olmec) Peyton carroll https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155450923 Date: 200 BC to AD 600 
Where: Mexico
Materials: Jade
Description:  It was first defined as a distinctive art style at the turn of the nineteenth century. They are rarely portrayed nationalistically but combination of feline and human characteristics. They are usually found kneeling with hands on knees to figures nearly completely feline. 
Importance: Known for being a god of life and death, also as a guardian while the moved between spiritual worlds adding reputation as a god like and mythical creature.


]]> 2017-02-22 14:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155450923 Seated Figure (Olmec) https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155451320 (Cooper Brown)
Date: 12th-9th century B.C.
Where: Mexico
Material: Ceramic
Description: Is a pudgy baby sucking on its thumb almost life size.
Importance: It may show the people the Olmec sacrificed, it could also represent the elite children of the Olmec. But researchers aren't quite sure why the Olmec made this sculpture.

]]> 2017-02-22 14:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155451320 Caana Pyramid (Maya) https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155452612 (Kaley Smedsrud)
Date: 300 A.D - 900 A.D
Where:  Caracol, Belize
Material: Rubble, adobe bricks, and limestone
Description: The Caana was a pyramid built in the Maya city of Caracol. It would have been used for their ruler, and his work of worship.
Importance:  I believe Caana was important because it showed power within their Maya city.  It may have been the heart of their city.( It showed power to any of the other cities)]]> 2017-02-22 14:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155452612 Stirrup spout bottle https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155454149 Made in Peru by the cupisnique.
Date:12-5th century B.C
Material: Ceramic
Description: Made to be easily put on the saddle of a horse they were frequently popular in Peru it was most likely used to hold water  and may have been used in rituals and burial.
Importance: I think that it was important because they used it like a water bottle and helped them create better clay containers for people to drink out of over time.]]> 2017-02-22 14:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155454149 calendar stone (Aztec https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155456571  (Asher)
Date: late 15th century
Material: solidified lava]]> 2017-02-22 14:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155456571 Mask (Teotihuacan https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155459588 (Brady Koupal)
Date: 3rd-7th century
Where : Mexico, mesoameica
Material: Onyx marble
Description :

]]> 2017-02-22 14:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155459588 Curly Tailed Animal Pendant https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155459708 (Ashton Gran)
Date: 4th - 5th  century BC
Where: Panama 
Material: Gold
Description:It is one of many gold ornaments]]> 2017-02-22 14:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155459708 baby transforms into Shamans helper https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155459723 by Hayden
Date:500 A.D.
Where: La Venta]]> 2017-02-22 14:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155459723 Pair of https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155460184 2017-02-22 14:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155460184 Obsidian https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155460903 (Morgan Tolman)
Date ]]> 2017-02-22 14:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155460903 Earflares https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155461147 Sarah S.
Date:12th-15th centry
Where:peru
Material:gold
Descriptionthey where worn by the elite

]]> 2017-02-22 14:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155461147 Headdress OrnamentDate: 1st–7th centuryGeography: ColombiaCulture: Calima (Yotoco)Medium: Gold https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155462267 2017-02-22 14:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155462267 Funerary Mask (ELIJAH WILLS MY LITTLE https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155462390 2017-02-22 14:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155462390 Doubled- https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155462476 2017-02-22 14:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155462476 Mayan Calendar https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155749674 (Allyson Afrank)
Date: 3114 BC.
Where:  Guatemala(discovered).
Material: Stone.
Description: Three calendars in one used most frequently by the Mayans.
Importance: Used by the Mayans to tell time.]]> 2017-02-23 14:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155749674 Deity Figure (Zemi) - Adam Smook https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155753385 Date: 13th-15th century
Where: Dominican Republic (?), Caribbean
Material: Stone
Description: They were kept in sacred areas set apart from the houses of their owners.  Can be made of wood, stone, ceramic, bone, and shell and in many forms from small to large.
Importance: An object of concentrated power able to affect it's owner both positively and negatively with regard to productivity and fertility as well as in political and social realms. ]]> 2017-02-23 14:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155753385 Mask (Teotihuacan) (Brady Koupal) Date: 3rd-7th century Where : Mexico, mesoameica Material: Onyx marble https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155753966 Description : Onyx marble  Molding of the idealized face many centuries ago.
Importance:  I think it is important because it shows what society valued even centuries ago.]]> 2017-02-23 14:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155753966 "Smiling" Figure - Ryan Doll Date: 7th - 8th century Geography: Mexico, Mesoamerica Material: Ceramic https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155754201 2017-02-23 14:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155754201 Mask temple by Michael Aaseng https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155754850 Date: around 200 B.C 
Where: Belize 
material: limestone 
Description: Made by the Mayans it has two huge masks inside the temple and was made out of limestone. 
Importance: It is a piece of history that tells us about are past and is historical artifact.]]> 2017-02-23 14:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155754850 Pair of Figures- Logan Kelling https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155755108 date: 1 century BC-  1 century AD
where: mexico, nayarit, itzlan del rio\
culture: Itzlan Del Rio
material: ceramic
description:  It is 2 male and female sitting next to each other the holes in the ears and stuff are from many jewels and rings and piercings. 
Importance- They wore many rings and jewels so it shows that they were wealthy]]> 2017-02-23 14:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155755108 Doubled-Chambered Vessel(Mayan) https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155758182 (Katrina Nelson)
Date: 5th century 
Where: Guatemala
Material: Ceramics, Lids, Vessels
Description: The cylinder shape and pedestal feet of this doubled chambered, Mayan may be the result of the stylistic influence of Teotihuacan.
Importance: The double chambered vessel may have been used for drinking at feast and later functioned as a burial offering placed inside a tomb.]]> 2017-02-23 14:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155758182 The Eagle Relief- Ellie Erickson https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155759723 Date- 10-13th century
Where- Mexico
Material- Andesite/dacite(paint)
Description- It depicts a raptor in profile. The head is bent and the impressive bird pecks at a tri-lobed object held in a massive talon. The motif is believed to represent an eagle devouring a human heart. It was created by the Toltec.

]]> 2017-02-23 14:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/155759723 Monkey Vessel (Mixtec) https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156062727 (Conner Read)
Date:10th-13th century
Where:Mexico,Mesoamerica
Material:Onyx marble, pyrite, shell
Description:It is a white monkey vessel with black eyes and sharp teeth.
Importance: Probably to hold food or some type of liquid.]]> 2017-02-24 16:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156062727 Macuahuitls Aztec https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156062981 (Morgan Tolman)

Date:900-1570
Where:Mexico City
Material: Wood and razor sharp obsidian.
Description:A wood sword w/ super sharp obsidian embedded in the side, sharper than high quality steel razor blades.
Importance: Super strong to help make its military strong and defend against the Europeans.

]]> 2017-02-24 16:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156062981 Curly Tailed Animal Pendant (Ashton Gran). https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156063886 Date: 4th - 5th century
Where: Panama
Material: Gold
Description: Is one of many gold ornaments. It has  hole in the paw for a chain to fit. Made as the same shape as a jade object.



]]> 2017-02-24 16:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156063886 "Smiling" Figure - Ryan Doll Date: 7th - 8th century Geography: Mexico, Mesoamerica Material: Ceramic https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156064812 Description: Thought to be a depiction of Mesoamerican humor or intoxication. The puffy cheeks protruding swollen tongues all point to this conclusion. This hollow ceramic figure also suggests a time of celebration, the legs in motion and the arm raised and the open mouth and rattle all lead to this conclusion.]]> 2017-02-24 16:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156064812 calendar stone (Aztec https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156066206  (Asher)
Date: late 15th century
Material: solidified lava and stone
In the center of it is the sun god.
Aztec solar years contained 18 months 20 days each 5 extra days.]]> 2017-02-24 16:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156066206 Funerary Mask: By Elijah Wills https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156067715 This baby was made in the 5th century, at Colombia Calima Valley, which was made by, (You guessed it!) the Calima's.  They used gold to make this mask, and the masks themselves were used to supposedly worn for ceremonies and rituals before being placed along with some other valued things, inside of a tomb. The masks were often flat, with some distinct human features, such as puffy bags beneath the eyes, a broad nose with flared nostrils, and other things.]]> 2017-02-24 16:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156067715 Curly Tailed Animal Pendant (Ashton Gran). https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156070188 Date: 4th - 5th century
Where: Panama
Material: Gold
Description: Is one of many gold ornaments. It has  hole in the paw for a chain to fit. Made as the same shape as a jade object.
Importance: It could've represented your level of status because gold is a high level.
]]> 2017-02-24 16:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156070188 Jadeite Mask By Kale Nelson https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156268815 Date: 10th-6th century B.C
Where: Mexico
Culture: Olmec
Material: Jadeite
Many stone masks have been found in mexico but this is the first Jadeite one found in mexico. Its origins are found in the Olmec culture, these types of masks were used for a young child when they die. Also it is associated with grow and renewal.]]> 2017-02-26 20:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156268815 Coatlicue statue-Eva Farley (Aztec) https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156275462 Date: 15th centaury
Where: Mexico City
Material: Basalt
Description: A 3.5 meter high and 1.5 meter wide statue. Coatlicue was also the patron of childbirth, was associated with warfare, governance and agriculture. It depicts the goddess in her most terrible form with a severed head replaced by two coral snakes, representing flowing blood.
Importance: The statue represents the female earth god. They worshiped her. This statue shows us now their beliefs, what was important to them.]]> 2017-02-26 21:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156275462 Ornamental Mask-Lucas Bertsch https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156415831 Date: 390-450
Where: Peru
Culture:
 The mask, made of silvered copper, has small tabs along the back edges that were once fastened to a larger object, probably a crescent-shaped headdress also made of metal. The relief face was raised by hammering a copper sheet over a special form, and the separately shaped headdress—now fragmentary—and the numerous small round dangles—now mostly missing—were originally attached by means of the tabs and staples
]]> 2017-02-27 14:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156415831 Jaguar God mask (Maya) https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156416301 By: Emily Sample
Date: 900 to 300 BC
Where: Guatemala city, Menkalinan
Material: stone
Description: The mask has oval, eyes, Jaguar ears, Jaguar fangs and is solid stone,flared nostrils.
Importance: The mask represents the jaguar God. Who is also the God of rain and lightning who also lives in the underworld. Maya kings wore Jaguar skins and headdresses.]]> 2017-02-27 14:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156416301 Mask https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156417539 Date: 10th–6th century B.C.
Culture: Olmec
Where: Mexico
Medium: Jadeite
Description: Of the many stone masks known from the ancient Americas, few are as arresting as this example made by the Olmec peoples of southern Mexico. A work of no later than the mid-first millennium B.C., it is carved of hard, semiprecious jadeite worked with amazing subtlety.]]> 2017-02-27 14:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156417539 Pair of Earflares With Multifigure Senes https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156419556 Sarah S.
Date:12th-15th century
Culture (Chimu)
Where: Peru
Material: gold
Description: they where worn by the elite& they where light whate even though they where big.
Importance: Wearing these may show their worth in society.]]> 2017-02-27 14:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156419556 Seated Figure (Olmec) https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156459166 Date: 12th - 9th century B.C
Where:  Mexico, Mesoamerica
Material: Ceramic
Description: The figure, modeled of solid clay, is shown sitting in a comfortably relaxed posture, left leg tucked under right. Most of the surface of the figure is covered with a cream-color slip; only the top of the head and the waist area are left unpolished probably indicating cap and garment worn by the figure.The right arm and hand are extended, resting on the right foot. The left arm rests on the ground next to the left thigh. Four grooves on the feet and hands indicate toes and fingers. The narrow, elongated, artificially deformed head has long ear flanges and tilts slightly to the left; the facial features with almond-shaped, puffy eyes, thick upper lip and half-open mouth with down-turned corners are typical of Olmec supernaturals. The eyebrows are drawn in a faint black; traces of red and white pigment remain in the eyes.
This figure is a fine example of type of small three-dimensional solid clay figures found at such sites as Las Bocas, Tlatilco, and Tlapacoya in the central highlands of Mexico. These figures exhibit a remarkable uniformity in style, but no two are the same. With their fleshy torsos and lively facial expressions shown in active, often animated poses, the works are the most naturalistic renditions of the human form in Precolumbian Mexico.
Importance:  ]]> 2017-02-27 16:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_murtha/3bozg46i50wg/wish/156459166