Aztec Culture: Picture/Source Inca Mask
Culture
Artifact 1: Incan Mask
Picture/Source Incan mask (Inca Mask 1)
Description/Source After people died in the Inca civilization, this mask was placed over their heads as part of the mummification process. The different designs on the mask resemble different ideas. For example, a gilded mask represents the Sun God. (Inca Mask 1)
Artifact 2: Sun Temple
Picture/Source Sun temple (PERU, MACHU PICCHU. INCAN RUINS. TEMPLE OF THE SUN 1)
Description/Source It is the best known temple in the Aztec culture. It is a main place and the center for pilgrims. It is a semi circle on top of a very strong rock. This is here to honor the sun. (PERU, MACHU PICCHU. INCAN RUINS. TEMPLE OF THE SUN 1)
Artifact 3:Inca cup
Picture/Source Inca Cuo (PERU: INCA SILVER CUP. - Inca silver cup in the shape of a human head, from Casma, Peru, 13th to 16th century A.D. 1) …show more content…
- The Chilean army marching over a bridge to Chorillos, Peru, just outside Lima during the War of the Pacific. Wood engraving, 1881. 1)
Description/Source This is a Inca foot bridge that is strong enough to hold 2 horses and all of it’s luggage all at once. The hide would get very week after each year because of how much weight and the type of weather that it goes through. Each year a landowner would come and replace the hide with new ones so that it did not get too old and snap. (PERU: CHILEAN ARMY, 1881. - The Chilean army marching over a bridge to Chorillos, Peru, just outside Lima during the War of the Pacific. Wood engraving, 1881.. 1)
Artifact 5: Inca Gold Figure
Picture/Source Inca gold figure (Baquedano, Elizabeth 7)
Description/Source This is a small Inca figure that is made out of gold. It takes a very skilled craftsman to make one of the figures. The figures when they are made they are naked. Depending on what they are made of the gold resembles sun and silver resembles the moon. (Baquedano, Elizabeth
Artifact 1: Incan Mask
Picture/Source Incan mask (Inca Mask 1)
Description/Source After people died in the Inca civilization, this mask was placed over their heads as part of the mummification process. The different designs on the mask resemble different ideas. For example, a gilded mask represents the Sun God. (Inca Mask 1)
Artifact 2: Sun Temple
Picture/Source Sun temple (PERU, MACHU PICCHU. INCAN RUINS. TEMPLE OF THE SUN 1)
Description/Source It is the best known temple in the Aztec culture. It is a main place and the center for pilgrims. It is a semi circle on top of a very strong rock. This is here to honor the sun. (PERU, MACHU PICCHU. INCAN RUINS. TEMPLE OF THE SUN 1)
Artifact 3:Inca cup
Picture/Source Inca Cuo (PERU: INCA SILVER CUP. - Inca silver cup in the shape of a human head, from Casma, Peru, 13th to 16th century A.D. 1) …show more content…
- The Chilean army marching over a bridge to Chorillos, Peru, just outside Lima during the War of the Pacific. Wood engraving, 1881. 1)
Description/Source This is a Inca foot bridge that is strong enough to hold 2 horses and all of it’s luggage all at once. The hide would get very week after each year because of how much weight and the type of weather that it goes through. Each year a landowner would come and replace the hide with new ones so that it did not get too old and snap. (PERU: CHILEAN ARMY, 1881. - The Chilean army marching over a bridge to Chorillos, Peru, just outside Lima during the War of the Pacific. Wood engraving, 1881.. 1)
Artifact 5: Inca Gold Figure
Picture/Source Inca gold figure (Baquedano, Elizabeth 7)
Description/Source This is a small Inca figure that is made out of gold. It takes a very skilled craftsman to make one of the figures. The figures when they are made they are naked. Depending on what they are made of the gold resembles sun and silver resembles the moon. (Baquedano, Elizabeth