Indian Architecture: Did you mean...?

A print of an original watercolour by Joseph Nash showing a section of the Indian Hall in the Crystal Palace of the Great Exhibition of 1851. (British Library, London)

The Crow Indian Bison Hunt diorama. The North American Indians: A Tribute to Survival exhibit, Milwaukee Public Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

Indian Corn – also known as Flint Corn and Calico Corn – one of the three types of maize cultivated by the Native Peoples of North America.

Plains Indian headdress such as would have been worn by Roman Nose (Cheyenne warrior) in the 19th century. The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, USA.

Early Indian coins were made by cutting sheets of silver into pieces and marking each piece with one or more symbols using small punches. As there are no portraits or inscriptions, the coins are now known by numbers. This coin, for example...

Pupils at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania, c. 1900. Students were required to wear uniforms and had to surrender traditional attire upon their arrival.

Teacher and young boys posed for photograph at an unknown American Indian boarding school, c. 1900. Minnesota Historical Society.

Indian Girl in White Blanket, painting by Robert Henri, 1917. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Photo by Daderot.

Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, Penobscot County, Maine, USA. Illustration from What to see in America by Clifton Johnson, 1919.

The caves of Ajanta were built between 2nd century BCE and 6th century CE. Here beautifully decorated inner pillars and trifolium from Cave 26 can be seen.