Word: columbianization
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...Zipa," a stand boasting a collection of Pre-Columbian and Native American jewelry, relies "more on local residents and visitors than on students," according to operator Olga Lopara...
...Maya weavers embroider their wares with diamond motifs that are virtually identical to the cosmological patterns depicted on the lintels of ancient temples at Yaxchilan and other Maya sites. By marking their clothing with the symbols of their ancestors, the Maya artisans build a material link to pre-Columbian gods -- and the indelible spirit of their cultural past. "Depictions of everyday life do not occur in the weaving," notes Walter F. Morris Jr., a Seattle-based anthropologist and author of Living Maya. "It's always something supernatural, something dreamt, something you can only see in dreams...
Painted shards of pre-Columbian pottery, sea-shells, soil and oils fill the canvases of an art exhibit which opened last night in Lehman Hall...
...What's quite unique is that she combines use of shards from pre-Columbian pottery with oils," said Lamont Professor of Divinity Paul D. Hanson, Master of Dudley House...
...commentary accompanying the exhibition concentrates entirely on the pre-Columbian influences on Bravo's igonography. While this focus is valuable to the modern-day American viewer, it also constitutes the show's only weakness, denying some of the power of Bravo's work by excluding its contemporary significance...