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Brahma
Hindu Creator god
Bronze
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Dancing Shiva as Nataraj
The Destroyer
Hindu god
Bronze
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Vishnu - Preserver of Universe
Hindu god
painting
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Vishnu Reclining on Snake
Hindu god
Relief Carving
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Great Stupa of Sanchi
3rd century BCE
Indian Architecture
Stupa - holds Buddhist relics
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Harmika on Great Stupa
3rd century BCE
Indian Architecture
Railing on top
Enclosing umbrella shaped top
stone
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Torana of Great Stupa
3rd century BCE
Indian Architecture
Gateway
stone fence
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Yakshini
3rd century BCE
Indian Sculpture
like Aphrodite
Hindu female goddess
stone
looks after treasures
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Taj Mahal
1632-1647
Emperor Shah Jahan
Indian Architecture
Mausaleum
Marble
onion shape dome w/minarets
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Durga Temple
675 CE
Indian Architecture
Live Rock
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Gopura at Indian Temple
Indian Architecture
Hindu
ornamented gateway entrance
Southern India
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Chaitya Hall
150 BCE
Budhist Temple
Live Rock Cave
Karli, India
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Lion Capital of Ashoka
250 BCE
"National emblem of India"
India
sandstone
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Cambodian Buddha
painting
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Angkor Wat Temple
Cambodia / 12th cen
Buddhist monastery
Khmer temple
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Chedis
1600s to 1800
Wat Po Thailand / Bangkok
Thai pagodas / stupas
Buddhist temple
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Borobudur
9th century CE
Indonesia
Buddhist temple
pilgrim shrine
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Borobudur
800 CE
Gunadharma
Buddhist temple
Java, Indonesia
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Wat Xieng Thong
1560
Asian
Laos
wood and gold
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Grand Palace of Bangkok
1782
Asian
Thailand
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Chinese oracle bones
14th - 11th centurie
Chinese
early Chinese writing
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Great Wall of China
5th cent BCE - 16th
4000+ miles long
Stone
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Chinese Pagoda
Chinese Architecture
odd numbered winged eves
wooden
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Beijing Forbidden City
1406 - 1420
Chinese Palace
Ming to Qing Dynasties
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Terracotta Warriors
210 BCE/ 1974 found
Emperor Qin Shi Huang
Chinese Sculptures
Protecting the emperor's tomb
terracotta
7000+ warriors and horses
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Kneeling Warrior
210 BCE
Emperor Qin Shi Huang
Chinese Sculptures
all holding weapons
terracotta
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Chinese Bi
Neolithic art
Chinese Sculptures
circular with hole in center
Jade
symbol of heaven
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Chinese Woodblock Print
16th century
flat designs / landscapes
woodblock print
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Tang Glazed Horse
618 - 906 CE
Chinese
Tang
terracotta
18.75 inches
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Yin Yang Dish
Chinese
blue / white porcelain
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InstructressWritingAdmonitions
late 4th century
Chinese
Handscroll ink on silk
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InstructressWritingAdmonitions
late 4th century
Chinese
Handscroll ink on silk
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Japanese Haniwa
5000 CE / 250 - 550
Japanese Sculptures
cylindrical
unglazed ceramic
found in burial mounds
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Daibutsu of Todai-Ji Temple
Japanese Sculptures
Largest Buddha
Bronze
70+ feet tall
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Horyu-Ji Temple in Osaka
607 CE
Japanese Temple
Buddhist Temple
Wooden
oldest wooden structures
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Todai-ji Temple in Nara
743 CE
Japanese Temple
Buddhist Temple
Wood
largest wooden structure
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Sumi-e Painting
Chinese
brushes and ink on rice paper
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Ukiyo-e Painting
Japanese
"pictures of floating world"
woodblock paintings
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The Great Wave of Kanagawa
1831
Katsushika Hokusai
from "36 Views of Mt. Fuji"
Woodblock print
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Yamato-e Genre Scene
Japanese
painting on silk
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Twin Cult Figures
African
Nigeria
Wood
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Nkonde Nail Fetish Figure
African
Congo
Wood
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Benin Ivory Mask
16th century
African
Benin / Nigeria
Ivory
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Kota Reliquary Figure
1880
African
Kota, Gabon
wood, copper, brass, iron
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Aboriginal Cave Art
Australian
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Maori Totem Pole
New Zealand
Wood
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Easter Island Maoi
400-1700 CE
Easter Island
Volcanic Stone/ash
800+ statues
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Polynesian Tapa Cloth
Polynesia
barkwood
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Olmecs Giant Head
1400-400 BCE
Pre-Columbian / S. America
Olmec / Mexico
stone
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Pyramid of the Sun
100 - 500 CE
Pre-Columbian / S. America
Aztec / Teotihuacan
Stone
Third largest pyramid grp
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Mayan Chac Mool
Pre-Columbian / S. America
Mesoamerican
stone
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Aztec Quetzalcoatl
pre-Columbian
Aztec
painting
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Machu Picchu
1460 CE -
Pre-Columbian / S. America
Inca
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Mound Builders
Native American
Adena-Hopewell
earth
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Native American Pueblo
Native America
Adobe - sundried brick
NM AR UT
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Native American Kiva
Native America
stone
used for religious rituals
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Mesa Verde
1200s
Native America
Colorado
Stone
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Sioux Tipi
Native America
Sioux
animal skin
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Native American Petroglyphs
Native America
Cave arts
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The Story Teller
Native America
New Mexico
Pottery
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Navajo Rug
Native America
Navajo
Weaving
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Native American Mask
Native America
Salish NW Coast
Painted wood
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