EditorialSioux (Dakota) ball-game players Ah-no-je-nahge, He Who Stands on Both Sides 235 and We-chush-ta-doo-ta, Red Man 236, in bodypaint, loincloth, feather tail and carrying sticks or raquets. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs an...
EditorialChoctaw men in loincloth and tail only playing the ball game similar to lacrosse or hockey. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
EditorialFamily of the extinct Charrua people of Paraguay crossing a river on a hunting trip. The man wears a loincloth and ear piercings, and carries a bow, spear and arrow, and the naked woman carries a stick, bag, and three children. Handcoloured copperplate...
EditorialChoctaw men in loincloth and tail only in a scrum or huddle during the ball game similar to lacrosse or hockey. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
EditorialHunters of San Francisco Bay, 19th century. Both wear topknots and earrings, one in a loincloth preparing to fire an arrow, the other with arrows in a quiver made from an animal skin. After Louis Choris' "Tcholovonis a la chasse" from "Voyage Pittoresq...