USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What three types of art work did American Indians make as a contribution?
A
tipis, longhouses, wigwams
B
pottery, jewelry, weaving
C
buffalo, deer, rabbit
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -There were many different objects created by Native Americans that can be appreciated for their artistic craftsmanship and aesthetic beauty. Native art includes baskets, beadwork, quillwork, ceramics, and sculpture. Each one of these took great skill and differed from region to region.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indigenous American visual arts include portable arts, such as painting, basketry, textiles, or photography, as well as monumental works, such as architecture, land art, public sculpture, or murals.

Detailed explanation-3: -As with most early pottery, Native American pottery was born out of necessity and its uses included cooking, storing grains, and holding water. It’s thought that Native Americans began with covering cooking baskets (made of woven casings) with mud.

Detailed explanation-4: -Traditional art forms include baskets, hats, capes, blankets, carved wooden household items, masks, paddles, canoes, totem poles, screens, bentwood boxes, stone carvings, and copper works.

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