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Stone Discoidals Found at the Plaquemine Mississippian Winterville Site
Ground discoidal stones used in the Native American game of chunkey (Tchung-kee), found at the Winterville Site, Mississippi, USA.
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Chunkey Player Flint Clay Figurine from Cahokia
The Chunkey Player Effigy Pipe (also known as "The Chunkey Player"), made of flint clay, measuring 8.5 inches (22 cm) high by 5.5 inches (14 cm) wide. Thought to have originally come from Cahokia but found in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, dated...
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Tchung-kee, a Mandan Game Played with a Ring and Pole
Tchung-kee, a Mandan Game Played with a Ring and Pole, oil on canvas by artist George Catlin, 1832-1833. Chunkey was a popular team sport among many Native American Nations and is thought to have originated c. 600 CE at Cahokia. Smithsonian...
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Buffallo Bull, a Grand Pawnee Warrior
La-dóo-ke-a, Buffalo Bull, a Grand Pawnee Warrior, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1832.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
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Pawnee Indians
Pawnee Indians, oil on card mounted on paperboard, by George Catlin, 1861/69.
Paul Mellon Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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Pawnee Morning Star Ritual Miniature Model
A miniature model (diorama) of the Pawnee Morning Star Ritual from the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Tribal Territory of the Pawnee
Map of the tribal territory of the Pawnee and other Native American nations in Nebraska and Kansas prior to Euro-American colonization.
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Young Jacques Offenbach
An illustrated portrait of a young Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) playing the cello. Made in 1850.
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Jacques Offenbach
A photograph of the composer Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880). Taken by Nadar in the 1860s. (Bibliotheque Nationale de France)
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St. Eleonora
St. Eleonora (c. 1223-1291), oil on canvas by Johann Michael Rottmayr, 1716.
National Gallery of Slovenia, Slovenia
