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 * ===VII. Native American Art===

Native American Artwork was created by the [|indigenous North Americans]. This artwork included anything from paintings to figures as well as stone surfaces, weaving, jewelry, and pottery. The art of the Native Americans was enscribed in items such as wampum (cylindrical beads used as currency for Native Americans), masks, totem poles, and other objects of their culture. These objects were also often from religious ceremonies. Designs would also often be painted on dancers in decorative masks for a ritual. Most inspiration for these designs came from ancestral spirits or things in nature. Many objects such as blankets and baskets had elaborate weaving in them. Somtimes this would include pottery. Colors essentially had to be made from things in nature such as sand, berries, pollen, etc. Some tribes also used sand to make art.



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