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White Bull
Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux warrior and chief White Bull (l. 1849-1947) in 1926 at the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Photo by Earl Alonzo Brininstool.
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Sitting Bull 1831-1890
A gouache on paper painting titled Sitting Bull 1831-1890 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Chief of the Hunkpapa Sioux, he led the battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 in which the...
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Pasiphaë
Pasiphaë ("all-shining") is the wife of King Minos of Crete and the mother of the fearsome Minotaur (half-bull, half-man creature) in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of the sun god Helios and Perse, an Oceanid. Like her sister Circe...
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The Mesopotamian Pantheon
The gods of the Mesopotamian region were not uniform in name, power, provenance or status in the hierarchy. Mesopotamian culture varied from region to region and, because of this, Marduk should not be regarded as King of the Gods in the same...
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Lakota Sioux Warrior One Bull
Lakota Sioux warrior and "sacred clown" One Bull (l. c. 1853-1947), brother of White Bull and nephew of Sitting Bull. Photograph by Dr. George P. Dix, Joshua Bradford Bailey, and John L. Mead, 1882. American Philosophical Society Digital...
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Urartu Deity & Bull
A bronze sculpture, once part of a throne, depicting a deity riding a bull. Urartu civilization, 8th-7th century BCE. The bull's face is a modern restoration. Height:
14.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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Minoan Bull-Leaper
An ivory figurine representating a bull-leaper from a three dimensional composition (with two other figures and a bull) depicting this Minoan sporting or religious activity. Hair would have been added using bronze wire and clothes in gold...
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Ancient Bull from Costitx
This bronze bull was cast using the lost wax method. It is hollow inside with cold-etched details. The ears and horns were cast separately and riveted to the head. In some cases, the eyes were filled with vitreous paste. The bulls are interpreted...
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A Bull's Slaughter (Wooden Funerary Model)
12th Dynasty, about 1985-1795 BCE. Provenance unknown. The British Museum, (photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia) Wooden funerary model representing the slaughtering of a bull, enabling it to be sacrificed for eternity...
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Wounded Bull, Man & Bird, Lascaux Cave
Cave art in the Lascaux Cave in the Dordogne region, southwestern France. Dated to the Upper Palaeolithic period. It depicts a wounded aurochs bull, a man and a bird.