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Abstractions from the Ancient Americas
Use this image collection with the MIA's "Art of the Ancient Americas" Teaching the Arts feature.
What features of the natural world are prominent where you live? Choose a land form or weather pattern you know well. Let it be the inspiration for an abstract pattern to decorate the surface of a pot. Review these examples from the ancient Americas. What natural features do these examples suggest to you? What do you see that makes you say that?
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Jar (Kayenta Style)
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.963541666667" id="zoomer_68651_14339iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/e2/a5/59d7a5a9b6a6d69a3a961b86dd16/140/120/68651.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Vessel, Artist Unknown (Hisatsinom (Ancient Hopi))" height_offset="0" /></div>
Water Bottle (Hodges style)
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.768229166667" id="zoomer_102561_3579iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/27/ce/5f7f34c3a63d192d2fcf572bfde0/140/120/102561.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Bottle, Artist Unknown (Caddo)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Bowl (Four Mile Style)
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.966145833333" id="zoomer_70358_48388iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/86/44/638ce448b66dddd9615bf29985e3/140/120/70358.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Bowl, Artist Unknown (Ancient Puebloan (Anasazi))" height_offset="0" /></div>
Bottle
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.73046875" id="zoomer_69166_61931iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/04/1f/68b0ae78726b3e68401f941363a4/140/120/69166.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Bottle, Artist Unknown (Caddo)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Bowl (Four Mile Style)
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:92.01171875px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.52154531947" id="zoomer_70882_54018iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/fd/55/3e94591dcd9021ec5887f6dd258e/140/120/70882.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Bowl (Four Mile Style), Artist Unknown (Ancient Puebloan (Anasazi))" height_offset="0" /></div>
Seed Jar
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.798177083333" id="zoomer_68657_35772iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/b9/b4/c6d4a0c6d20637a8ad4a7f2e413d/140/120/68657.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Seed Jar, Artist Unknown (Caddo)" height_offset="0" /></div>
Kero
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.829427083333" id="zoomer_104240_44437iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/a1/11/860c1882e69eb95485b5c4465094/140/120/104240.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Qero (kero), Artist Unknown (Inka (Inca))" height_offset="0" /></div>
Pitcher (Socorro Style)
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:120px;"><img class="inline_img fake_0.895833333333" id="zoomer_70836_49925iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/89/5f/355dfcb803d43e44a5e7cde1f37a/140/120/70836.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Pitcher, Artist Unknown (Ancient Puebloan (Anasazi))" height_offset="0" /></div>
Bowl
<div class="unzoomed_thumbnail" style="width:140px; height:90.64453125px;"><img class="inline_img fake_1.54449472097" id="zoomer_68656_21458iip_loading" src="http://www.artsconnected.org/media/9c/b7/27bc2c55ec9e75e5184e81cbde7f/140/120/68656.jpg" class="iip_loading" title="" alt="Bowl, Artist Unknown (Caddo)" height_offset="0" /></div>
