this is a continuation of my Plains Indians shield historic references theme
George Catlin
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Karl Bodmer
Alfred Jacob Miller
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Plains Indian Shields - historic references II
Salve amigos y amigas,
this is a continuation of my Plains Indians shield historic references theme
George Catlin
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Keokuk, chief of the Sauk [and Foxes], a frontier (woodland and prairie) tribe that was affected by the horse and Plains Indian equestrian culture, and eventually fought wars with US - Black Hawk War - and the tribes of the Great Plains
Karl Bodmer
Alfred Jacob Miller
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Photos
Remington's warrior
and finally the best late XIX century and XX century 'Plains chronicler' Charles M. Russell
this is a continuation of my Plains Indians shield historic references theme
George Catlin
.
Karl Bodmer
Alfred Jacob Miller
.
.
Plains Indian Shields - historic references part I
Salve amici mei,
it is almost the summer and my blogging will slow down considerably starting in mid-July until September. But I promise to pick up again in mid-Spetmeber as I should have plenty of interesting topics to tackle and artwork/photos to share.
My last post was about the shields and armour of the Plains Indians. Allow me to share with you some period (XIX century) iconographic material demonstrating the method of carrying such shield when on foot or on horseback. Let us start with the ledger drawings and Kurz drawing of Rotten Tail
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... Rudolph Friedrich Kurz
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Note, that in the future I will 'go deeper' in many of these images, especially regarding the horses, horsemanship and tack as well as other aspects of the material culture of the XIX century Plains tribal peoples.
it is almost the summer and my blogging will slow down considerably starting in mid-July until September. But I promise to pick up again in mid-Spetmeber as I should have plenty of interesting topics to tackle and artwork/photos to share.
My last post was about the shields and armour of the Plains Indians. Allow me to share with you some period (XIX century) iconographic material demonstrating the method of carrying such shield when on foot or on horseback. Let us start with the ledger drawings and Kurz drawing of Rotten Tail
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... Rudolph Friedrich Kurz
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Note, that in the future I will 'go deeper' in many of these images, especially regarding the horses, horsemanship and tack as well as other aspects of the material culture of the XIX century Plains tribal peoples.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Plains Indians sketches - shield and armour
Salve,
some sketches of the Plains Indians and ways of carrying the shield: work-in-progress
idea of the Plains Indian horse armour of XVIII century, especially Comanches, Plains Apaches (then Lipan, Mescalero, Jicarilla etc) and Shoshones
Comanche shield of the mid-XIX century, and some sketches showing ways of carrying the shield
Crow warrior, horse with a pad saddle and long shabraque - old sketch
Cheyenne mounted on a horse with a bison hide horse mask, early 1800s
Lakota warrior
late XIX century generic war chief mounted on a horse with a leather mask and breastplate
some sketches of the Plains Indians and ways of carrying the shield: work-in-progress
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| horse armor in concept |
Crow warrior, horse with a pad saddle and long shabraque - old sketch
Cheyenne mounted on a horse with a bison hide horse mask, early 1800s
Lakota warrior
late XIX century generic war chief mounted on a horse with a leather mask and breastplate
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Sketches - ancient Persia
Salve,
some more sketches from around the ancient greater Persia - Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanian horsemen
Please note all sketches-in-progress
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great book on the Eurasian steppe nomads of the Bronze and Iron Age - Kurgans, Ritual Sites, and Settlements - free to download
some more sketches from around the ancient greater Persia - Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanian horsemen
Please note all sketches-in-progress
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great book on the Eurasian steppe nomads of the Bronze and Iron Age - Kurgans, Ritual Sites, and Settlements - free to download
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Sketches - continued
Salve Amici Mei et kind visitors,
more sketches-in-progress Great Eurasian Steppe - including Khalchayan and Huns (both Hephthalites and European Huns)
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more sketches-in-progress Great Eurasian Steppe - including Khalchayan and Huns (both Hephthalites and European Huns)
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Sketches
Salve,
today my sketches I have been working on - all work-in-progress - early modern period to Napoleonic
.. a Polish Nobleman - XVII century
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today my sketches I have been working on - all work-in-progress - early modern period to Napoleonic
.. a Polish Nobleman - XVII century
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