Images

Two Zuni girls, photographed by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1926, published in The North American Indian. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

She-we-na (Zuni Pueblo). Kachina doll (Paiyatemu), made of wood, pigment, horsehair, feathers, wool, hide, cotton, tin, ribbon, 22 1/2 x 9 x 8 in. (57.2 x 22.9 x 20.3 cm), from Zuni, New Mexico, late 19th century. Brooklyn Museum, Museum...

Men work on the construction of the Erie Canal in Scotia, New York. While the exact date of this photograph is unknown, the construction of the canal took place between 1817 and 1825. The original Erie Canal was 363 miles (584 km) in length...

Canal boats on the North River (now referred to as the Hudson River) in New York, illustration by William L. Stone and Cadwallader D. Colden, issued in 1825 to be presented to the Mayor of New York City to celebrate the completion of the...

DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), US politician and naturalist, oil on canvas portrait by Rembrandt Peale, 1823. Clinton served in several political roles, including Mayor of New York City and Governor of New York. As the latter, he presided over...

A map of Erie Canal c. 1840. The canal, constructed between 1817 and 1825, stretches 363 miles (584 km) from the Hudson River at Albany, New York, to Lake Erie at Buffalo, New York.

A 1912 oil-on-canvas portrait by Juan Gris (1887-1927) of the painter Pablo Picasso. Gris here uses a Cubist approach to show Picasso from multiple perspectives, breaking up the standard portrait and reassembling the pieces to create an abstract...

A 1624 oil-on-canvas portrait by Frans Hals (c. 1582-1666) of an unknown man. The painting is widely known as "The Laughing Cavalier" because of his suggestion of a smile. Hals was known for capturing his subjects with a relaxed pose and...

A 1964 portrait by Andy Warhol (1928-87) of the US actress and singer Marilyn Monroe (1926-62). The portrait was part of a series using variations of colour. Warhol, explaining the idea of creating variations, said: “The more you look at...

A modern, commercialized Kokopelli figure. Image by Booyabazooka, 2010. This is actually a figure of a kachina flute player which, according to the lore of the Pueblo peoples, is not Kokopelli.