Prehistoric materials made meaningful

Prehistoric artists shaped natural materials in ways that gave objects meaning beyond everyday use. Select and completely identify a work of art from Global Prehistory (30,000–500 BCE) in which the way the artist worked a natural material gave the object special meaning or importance. You may select a work from the list below or any other relevant work from the same content area. Explain how the artist's choice and handling of the material contributes to the work's meaning or function. In your response you should do the following: • Give at least two accurate identifiers for the work you choose. • State a claim or thesis that answers the prompt, can be defended art historically, and sets up your line of reasoning. • Back up your claim with at least two specific pieces of visual and/or contextual evidence. • Explain how your evidence supports your claim. • Show a complex understanding: strengthen, qualify, or extend your claim, for example by explaining connections, adding nuance, or weighing other interpretations. Identify your selected work as fully as you can: title or designation, artist and/or culture of origin, date of creation, and materials. The identification point needs at least two accurate identifiers; if you choose a work from the list, they must be identifiers beyond the title given there. Extra identifiers that turn out to be wrong won't cost you the point. • Jade cong • Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine • The Ambum stone

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