Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Indians of North America; Pawnee Indians; Headdresses; Sports; Archery
Native Americans at Anthropology Days intertribal archery competition, published in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition official scrapbook. Pawnee Frank Moore, wearing a headdress with feather, braids, breechcloth, leggings, and moccasins, shoots an...
This mosaic "constituted the horizontal bar of the T-form design of a dining room, or hall (triclinium), facing the guests as they entered." (Excerpt, p. 12)
"For their palace walls the Assyrian kings commissioned extensive series of narrative reliefs exalting royal power and piety. The sculptures record not only battlefield victories but also the slaying of wild animals. […] The degree of...
Architecture; Buildings; Religious facilities; Mosaics; Mosaic pavements; Floors; Fantasy; Leisure; Recreation; Hunting; Fishing; Landscapes (Representations); Islands; Plants; Trees; Shrubs; Bodies of water; Rivers; Bays (Bodies of water); Men;...
Now heavily restored; "This is the so-called Nile Mosaic, which dates from around 100 BC and shows a Hellenistic adaptation of an old Egyptian motif. It was probably copied in Praeneste from a prototype created in Alexandria." (Excerpt,...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Indians of North America; Bows (Archery); Arrows
Native American men and women, some holding bows, others holding arrows, and one holding a tall pole, pose, probably in Indian Village, one of the Anthropology Villages at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. Such "living displays"...
Jerry Burns fishes with a bow and arrow in the South Fork of the Kentucky River just below the old ferry which connected River Street with the Bullskin Road. Bow and arrows were used for small game to conserve ammunition. Jerry Mier Burns was an...
Two cupids on a wall or balcony. One holds a drawn bow and arrow; the other holds roses. Two pierced hearts float in the air near the two cupids. A pair of doves nestle nearby. The cupids are near an urn full of flowers. Postmarked 1909 on verso.
