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| Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf), from Willendorf, Austria, c. 28,000-25,000 BC, limestone, approx. 4¼” high |
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| Woman holding a bison horn, from Laussel, Dordogne, France, c. 25,000-20,000 BC, painted limestone, approx. 1’ 6” high |
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| Bison, c. 15,000 – 10,000 BC, cave painting, Altamira, Spain |
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| Horse, c. 15,000 – 10,000 BC, cave painting, Lascaux, France |
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| Cave Famous For Paintings |
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| Cave at Lascaux, France, c. 15,000 – 10,000 BC |
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| Hall of the Bulls (left wall), Lascaux, Dordogne, France, c. 15,000-13,000 BC, largest bull approx. 11’ 6” long |
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| Rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison, painting in the well, Lascaux, Dordogne, France, c. 15,000 – 13,000 BC, bison approx. 3’8” long |
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This image may not be right:[image] But the object should look similar? |
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| Lintel from a Maori chieftain’s house, early 19th century, carved wood, 32 x 82 cm |
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| Christ in Majesty with angels & 24 Elders, tympanum of south portal of Saint-Pierre, Moissac, France, c. 1115-1135, marble, approx. 16’ 6” wide |
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Head of a Negro, probably representing a ruler (Oni), from Ife, Nigeria, 12th -14th century
bronze, height 36 cm That may not be the right image... but I hope you can pick out "head of a negro" if it's show to you... |
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King, from Ife, Nigeria, 11th-12th century, zinc brass, 1’ 6½” high Many reincarnations of this. I suggest just learning what the crown looks like |
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| Oro, God of War, from Tahiti, 18th century, wood, covered with sinnet, length 66 cm |
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| Ritual mask, from the Papuan Gulf region, New Guinea, c. 1880, wood, bark, cloth and vegetable fiber, height 152.4 cm |
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Model of a 19th century Haida chieftain’s house North-West coast Indians |
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| Check your book, zero results on google |
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| Inuit dance mask from Alaska, c. 1880, painted wood, 37 x 25.5 cm |
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| Head of the death-god, from a stone Mayan altar found at Copan, Honduras, c. 500 – 600 AD, 37 x 104 cm |
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Vessel in the form of a one-eyed man, found in the Chicannà Valley, Peru, c. 250 – 550 AD, clay, height 29 cm Check Book |
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| Tlaloc, the Aztec rain-god, 14th – 15th century, stone, height 40 cm |
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Australian Aborigine drawing a totemic opossum pattern on a rock. Might look something like this: [image] |
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| Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, aerial view, c. 2550-1600 BC, circle 97’ diameter, trilithons approx. 24’ high |
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