New world art

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Early Maya

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2000 year old olmec jade knot

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Olmec were jaguar

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Moche (Peruvian) portrait vessels, from somewhere between 100 BC and 750 AD.

>Is precolombian art the only uninfluenced and unique?
What do you mean?

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A classic Mayan incised vessel. As far as I know these were used for drinking chocolate.

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>>2306689
A 'Codex-style' vessel from around 670-730 AD.

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>>2306697
A polychrome vessel with warriors.

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>>2306451
It's one of the most alien thats' for sure.

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huicholes are literally tripping balls

>>2307430
10/10 would sacrifice

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>>2306684
As in Europe was conected to Africa and Asia and those civilizations influenced eachother while america was alone to develop on their own

>>2306451
>uninfluenced

No such thing. The various cultures influenced each other. There were three waves of Indian migration from Siberia plus the Inuit. They all interacted. They didn't drop from the sky.

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>>2306451
The Olmecs were fucking amazing, m8.

>>2306451
It's really a shame what happened to the Mesoamericans. They all had fascinating cultures and beliefs.

>>2307638
You know what he means. They were uninfluenced by any contemporary cultures.

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[Roundabout plays in the distance]

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Obsidian vessel carved in the shape of a monkey
Mexica (Aztec)
Late Post-Classic (1325-1521 A.D.)
Texcoco,

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"This unusually shaped dish was found in the course of archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Tlatelolco, a one-time ally of Tenochtitlan. Its intriguing imagery (reminiscent of the royal Austrian eagles) and unique shape have succeeded in baffling anyone who would attempt an explanation as to its use. "

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Olmec

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>>2307682

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>>2307684

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>>2307683

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this one freaks me out
The piece is unusual, however, in that a human face appears to be emerging from within the vase: note the realistic, full-dimensional rendering of a human nose and mouth.
Tripod red vase with geometrical and anthropomorphic motifs
West Mexico
Early Classic period (150-300 A.D.)

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>>2307691
Literally a Behelit

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>>2307666
Jeez, Euro plagues were no joke...

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A stunning example of Toltec artistry
Face emerging from a coyote's maw
Toltec
Early Post-Classic (900-1250 A.D.)
Tula, State of Hidalgo
Gray clay, shell and bone.

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Stucco mask from Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. Maya. 8th century AD

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Stucco head
Maya
Late Classic (600-900 A.D.)
Palenque, State of Chiapas
Stucco
28 x 21 cm.
Stucco modeling attained an impressive level of perfection among Maya sculptors, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the ancient city of Palenque, where stucco seems to have been the preferred medium for the manufacture of monuments. This magnificently rendered head, with its fleshy volumes and calm expressiveness is one of many masterpieces from that site.

>>2307736
we tought the same

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Building housing a bird
Zapotec
200 B.C.

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>>2307741
it's a cool piece

>>2307690
long tradition it seems

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This extremely pleasing rendering of a squash is one of a handful of naturalistic sculptures of the natural world that do not appear to be tied to a ritual context.
Sculpture of a squash
Mexica (Aztec)
Late Post-Classic (1325-1521 A.D.)
Unknown
Diorite
16 x 36 cm.
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico.

>>2307670
thatd have made a sick flag

>>2307683
>>2307682
>>2307690
ancient aliens
also, ty for posting the pics OP, fascinating stuff to look at

>>2307691
It makes sense given that Mesoamericans gave life to inanimate objects too. Things like plates and pots, houses and rocks all had life of their own. This is why they were sometimes given as offerings.

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>>2307590
It's true that most Afro-Eurasia art is connected in some way or another, but there were still a lot of early, prehistoric and isolated cultures that were unconnected in their artistic traditions to wider developments. For example, early Chinese art before the influence of Buddhism, Paleolithic European cave paintings, West African bronzes, Austronesian art outside of Indian-influenced areas, etc. None of these cultures developed in total isolation but they were relatively uninfluenced by the artistic traditions of the major Eurasian civilizations coming out of the Middle East.

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Precolumbian Amazonian

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>>2308937

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>>2308952

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>>2308955

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>>2308962

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>>2308963

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>>2308964
These thongs were worn by women, tied across the body. They may have been ceremonial in use, but there is wear signs so it may have been worn more frequently than mere ceremonial.

>>2307644
They weren't. They were uninfluenced by modern European cultures, which is why none of (our) stuff looked like theirs. But to make that point is stupid to begin with.

>>2308971
Uninfluenced by Eurasian and African (Old world) cultures. They were influenced by their neighbors in their own continent. In that sense they are unique and developed completely independently from the other half of the world for thousands of years. And vice versa.

Olmecs are amazing

>>2307678

Maybe they made awesome looking tostadas with that.

>>2308962
Benis :DDD

>>2308967
I want to sniff

>>2308981
They were probably influenced by polynesians though.

>>2307679
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

>>2311266
Probably not anon. And if there was, such contact was likely limited only to southern Chile and maybe the late Incan Empire. And any contact would likely be minimal.

However there is an interesting display of lingusitic evidence for the two areas mingling. See the Maori (Polynesian language) word for sweet potato, then the Quechua (widespread pre-columbian Andean language) word for sweet potato. The sweet potato was domesticated in the Americas by the way.