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On Monday, Feb. 24, the Pahaska Corral of Westerners will host author Nathan Bender for a presentation about the art of trade firearms.
The meeting at the Governors Room in the Irma Hotel in …
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On Monday, Feb. 24, the Pahaska Corral of Westerners will host author Nathan Bender for a presentation about the art of trade firearms.
The meeting at the Governors Room in the Irma Hotel in Cody begins with a no-host dinner at 6 p.m., followed by the presentation around 7 p.m. Both the meal and the program are open to the public, but due to limited seating, attendees are asked to RSVP by emailing Lynn Houze ljhcody@tctwest.net by Friday.
Bender — the author of “The Art of the English Trade Gun in North America” — will address the art history of guns traded to Native peoples in North America from colonial times to the end of the 19th century.
Ornamental patterns decorating flintlock fusils, including the famous dragon side plate of the Northwest Gun, will be discussed in the context of traditional European imagery of Native Americans. Bender’s talk examines a system of symbolism derived from ancient Greek and Roman artwork to explain why particular decorative patterns came into use and endured for over two centuries.
The former Housel Curator of the McCracken Research Library of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Bender lives with his family in Cody. He holds master’s degrees in anthropology and library science. Bender has published on Western history and folklore, historic archaeology, Native American studies, libraries and bibliography.
The Pahaska Corral of Westerners is the local chapter of Westerner International, an organization dedicated to stimulating interest and research in the history of the American West.
