![]() ![]() POCAHONTAS’S PORTRAIT – A 1616 image of a famous Native American woman promotes the Jamestown colony in Virginia.Ĩ. SPANISH MISSION HIDE PAINTING OF SAINT ANTHONY – A religious painting from a colonial mission to the American Southwest is used to help convert Indians to Christianity.ħ. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS’ PORTRAIT – A historical engraving depicts the explorer whose voyage to the new world paved the way for European colonization of America.Ħ. demonstrates the complexity and artistry of North American Native civilization.ĥ. MISSISSIPPIAN BIRDMAN COPPER PLATE – A finely embossed decoration from about 1300 A.D. CLOVIS STONE POINTS – Hunting tools reveal an extensive human presence in North America 13,500 years ago.Ĥ. BALD EAGLE – A majestic indigenous bird becomes a symbol of a nation’s vital connection to the land.ģ. BURGES SHALE FOSSILS – One of the most important geological discoveries of the twentieth century opens up a window onto life in America half a billion years ago.Ģ. AMERICAN HISTORY TOLD THROUGH 101 OBJECTSġ. Richard will be presenting his book at the Harvard Book Store at 7pm tonight. Richard Kurin, undersecretary for history, art and culture at the Smithsonian Institution and author of " The Smithsonian's History Of America in 101 Objects." ![]() ![]() WBUR's Sacha Pfeiffer spoke with Kurin about his choices and the winnowing-down process. He's the Smithsonian Institution's undersecretary for history, art and culture and he's written a new book called "The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects." It starts with a collection of 500-million-year-old fossils and ends with a massive, ultra-high-tech telescope designed to literally look back in time. In fact, probably extremely difficult!īut that's exactly what Richard Kurin has done. Imagine you were given a list of more than 100 million objects from American history - starting with prehistoric times and stretching all the way to today - and told to narrow it down to about 100 that best sum up the story of our land. ![]()
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