American postcard
American postcard from the early twentieth century with colored black and white photograph.
CD
CD by U2 ‘The best of 1990-2000’, 2002. On the cover, two bison face one another. The Irish band used the bison also in the video and cover of the famous single “One”.
Pressed cardboard
Pressed cardboard coaster featuring a picture of a bison drinking a beer, Purchased in the US in 2011.
Illustrated magazine
‘A dorso di buffalo’, illustrated magazine in the “Buffalo Bill” series. Printed in 1932 by Nerbini Publishing House in Florence. The legendary pioneer (born William Frederick Cody, 1846 – 1917) claimed to have exterminated more than 4000 bison during his military expeditions against the Native Americans and to protect the new railway.
Newspaper page
Page from ‘The Illustrated London News’ an 1892 English newspaper containing an article on bison extermination and photos of mountains of skulls. The carcasses were used as fertilizer.
Small bison in onyx
Small carved bison in white onyx. On its side turquoise feathers and horns are embedded, in a style typical of Native Americans who consider the white bison a prophetic symbol that brings peace and prosperity, and is associated with the absolute divinity (the Great Spirit).
French ceramic pillbox
French ceramic pillbox. Small hand-painted ceramic box with brass hinge and clasp with a Native American profile.