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2. Textile arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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   While humans have created textiles since the dawn of culture, many are fragile and disintegrate rapidly. Ancient textiles are preserved only by special environmental conditions. The oldest known textiles in the Americas are some early fiberwork found in Guitarrero Cave, Peru dating back to 10,100 to 9,080 BCE. [3]

3. Lucy M. Lewis - Wikipedia

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   Small decorative plate with a classic Chaco--style design, by Lucy M. Lewis. On display at the Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff Fineline black-on-white olla by Lucy M. Lewis, ca. 1960–1970s, collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Lucy Martin Lewis (1890/8–March 12, 1992) was a Native American potter from Acoma Pueblo, New ...

4. Northwest Coast art - Wikipedia

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   Totem poles, a type of Northwest Coast art. Northwest Coast art is the term commonly applied to a style of art created primarily by artists from Tlingit, Haida, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, Tsimshian, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth and other First Nations and Native American tribes of the Northwest Coast of North America, from pre-European-contact times up to the present.

5. Qulliq - Wikipedia

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   Seal oil lamps. The Inuit oil lamps were made mainly of soapstone, but there are also some made of a special kind of pottery. [12] Sizes and shapes of lamps could be different, but most were either elliptical or half-moon shaped. [13] The taqquti or wick trimmers, also known as lamp feeders, were made of wood, willow, soapstone, bone or ivory. [14]

6. Indigenous architecture in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The original Pueblo style was based on the Anasazi people, [1] who began building square cliff dwellings around 1150 CE, featuring subterranean chambers and circular ceremonial rooms. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] Over time, Pueblo architecture evolved into the construction of permanent, angular homes made from limestone blocks or adobe—a mixture of clay and ...

7. Banker's lamp - Wikipedia

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   An example of a banker's lamp The banker's lamp is a style of electric desk or table lamp often characterized by a brass stand, green glass lamp shade , and pull-chain switch. Such a lamp was first patented in the United States under the Emeralite brand name.