THE BISON SKIN WITH A ‘WAR SCENE’

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Here, for the first time, we publish on the unique bison skin, dated to the second half of the nineteenth century, from the Innokentiy P. Kuznetsov-Krasnoyarskiy collection at the TSU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of Siberia named after Vasiliy M. Florin-skiy. We provide some detailed information on when and how this item was transferred to the Museum, and, based on our analysis of the style and composition of the ‘war scene’ depicted on the skin, conclude that it is unlikely that the skin had ever been used in the culture of Native Americans. Most probably, it was produced directly for sale. Full text article: http://journals.tsu.ru/siberia/&journal_page=archive&id=1855