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| Kumeyaay coiled basket tray (c1900) with spiral snake design at San Diego Museum of Man. San Diego, CA. | Cahuilla, Soboba basket tray (early 20thC) with rattlesnake pattern at Riverside Museum. Riverside, CA. | Mission Indian basket tray (1920) with design of rattlesnake & horned lizard at Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO. | Southern coastal California native coiled basket tray with rattlesnake design (c1900) from southern AZ at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. |
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| Cahauilla basket (c1930) with rattlesnakes at National Cowboy Museum. Oklahoma City, OK. | Zuni painted meal bowl with snakes & lizards (c1929) at Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO. | Zuni Pueblo terraced bowl with snakes & tadpoles (c1800) at Colorado History Museum. Denver, CO. | Hopewell culture carved mica snake (300 BCE-600 CE) at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH. |
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| Rattlesnake sculpture in Uxmal winds its way around a building in Nunnery Quadrant & finds its tail again. Mexico. | Aztec stone rattlesnake (1200-1520) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC. | Aztec basalt snake effigy (c1200-1521) from Mexico at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX. | Detail of embroidered eagle with snake on Mexican flag captured at Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836) at Dallas Historical Society Museum in Hall of State in Fair Park. Dallas, TX. |
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| Locking chest with painted lid of Mexico's eagle & snake at Spanish Governor's Palace. San Antonio, TX. | Veraguas gold frog with double-headed snake pendant (700-1500) from Costa Rica at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC. | Moche ceramic stirrup-spout bottle figure of Wrinkle Face with fangs, snake ears & feline headdress (100-800) from Peru at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC. | Stone mortar in circled by snakes (1450-1533) from Inca Culture, Peru at Barbier Mueller Precolumbian Art Museum. Barcelona, Spain. |
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| Inca jug with puma & snake handle (15th-16thC) in Incan Museum, Cusco. Peru. | Snake (Tiwanaku) in Museum of Anthropology & Archeology in Lima. Peru. | Stone carving of winged creatures with snake tails in Nazarene Square, Cusco. Peru. | Snake of underworld carved on wall of Sillustani, represents knowledge & wisdom. Peru. |
