Double-Headed Serpent Describe the Double-Headed Serpent. How did the social or political environment influence the creation of this artwork? What may the snake have symbolized to the Aztecs? Olmec Stone Mask Describe the Olmec stone mask discussed in the podcast. What is known about Olmec masks? What have archaeologists and art scholars learned about these masks? Why are artifacts like this mask from cultures like the Olmec important? Inca Gold Llama Describe the artwork discussed in the podcast. Discuss at least two principles or elements of this piece. Why would the llama have been something that an Inca artist would have created? What role did gold play in the Inca Empire? Why is it unusual that a gold artifact like this survived to the present?

Inca Gold Llama

        1. Describe the artwork discussed in the podcast. Discuss at least two principles or elements of this piece.

         Dated from Peru around 1500, the 6cm-tall llama gives an insight into the culture of the Inca tribes that lived in the Peruvian Andes and had a vast empire, reaching more than 3,862 kilometres along the length of the mountain range.

        2. Why would the llama have been something that an Inca artist would have created?

         The Incas revered gold as the sweat of the sun and believed that it represented the sun's regenerative powers.  Llamas were the Incas' most important domestic animal, providing food, clothing and acting as beasts of burden. They were also often sacrificed in large numbers to the gods.

        3. What role did gold play in the Inca Empire? Why is it unusual that a gold artifact like this survived to the present?

          The Spanish landed somewhere in South America, they were looking for gold and they found it. But it's said that the Inca Empire Hid the better half of the gold from the Spanish trying to steal it; It is unlikely to find the gold, because the Spanish took all that gold from the Incas. The other half is said that the Incas took it back from where they found it that is still unknown.  

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Explanation:

The sculpture was kept in British museum, it is a serpent with heads on each sides. It from cedar wood, which forms the base. The heads of the serpent has holes for eyes white shells were used for teeth.

The snake symbolise 'rebirth'. Because of it's ability to shed its own skin and appear to to look as a reborn snake, or totally different.

It also serves as representation of the earth and the underworld, with each of the head representing one of earth and underworld, It also signifies fertility, in mexico azter.

This artwork is influenced by the political activity of the after emperor who sued for peace and formed a good relationship with the invading nation Spain...

DESCRIPTION:-

The Olmec mask, is carved from a green stone (dark) which is an artwork.

Its is commonly used ad a pendant rather than a mask, as its name implies, due to its small size.

OLMEC MASK, this us known as an object, which was created by the Olmec civilization.

Its is small in size.

The face is a depiction of an OLMEC KING.

They learnt about the mysterious American culture and its importance to the people of Olmec.

This mask, is very important to the the people of Olmec, because it is rare and they believe it to be mysterious to them in certain ways

It goes back way before the modern days, that is its from the stone ages. When they make ornaments with these types of stone from the Pacific

there is an explationation of this on a site called crash   course world history 1