What's that term?
When more important figures are depicted larger than less important figures.
What is hierarchical scale?
This refers to religions that don't allow participation of outsiders.
What is a closed practice or tradition?
Making a model in wax is one of the first steps in this process.
What is lost wax casting?
This site was purposefully abandoned in 1700.
This object contains a skull.
What is the reliquary bust of St. Balbina?
These covered the walls of the Awatovi kiva.
What are frescos?
When a mythical figure comes back to life or a building is rebuilt, we can call it an example of this.
What is renewal?
The components for this are made by drilling and shaping quahog and whelk shells.
What is wampum?
This site holds a shrine to Amaterasu.
What is Ise Jingu (or Ise Grand Shrine)?
This object shows a ruler on horseback.
What is the Benin brass plaque showing ceremonial regalia?
What is composite perspective?
Something depicting or standing in for something else.
What is a representation?
To create a relief imagery in metal, use this technique.
What is repoussé?
A structure rebuilt and enlarged multiple times when new kings came to power.
This object embodies a tite, or spirit, that helps the owner with hunting.
What is an aripa sculpture?
The set of imagery and symbols used by an artist or culture in art.
What is iconography?
An image of a crest made up of condors holding a mascaypacha is a result of this.
What is transculturation?
What is barkcloth?
This place supplied half of the world's silver during its period of highest production.
What is Potosi?
This object helps drive dangerous spirits away from a deceased person.
What is a heva tu papa'u (or Tahitian mourning costume)?
What a tower is to Saint Catherine.
What is an attribute?
To find out who has owned an art object, we look at this.
What is provenance?
This design style developed from grain storage buildings.
What is the shinmei-zukuri style?
This place was home to a palace with snake designs on the roof.
What is Benin City?
This object embodies an agreement between five nations.
What is the Hiawatha wampum belt?