Comments on: Guns, Zulus, and Rhinos http://blog.patbarrett.com/2009/08/guns-zulus-and-rhinos/ the Pat Barrett sketchblog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:43:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Pat http://blog.patbarrett.com/2009/08/guns-zulus-and-rhinos/comment-page-1/#comment-5069 Pat Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:12:17 +0000 http://blog.patbarrett.com/?p=471#comment-5069 Those hats are from the Pacific Islands? Well, fuck me. Thanks for the clarification, Jos R! Those hats are from the Pacific Islands? Well, fuck me. Thanks for the clarification, Jos R!

]]> By: Joseph R. Kopta http://blog.patbarrett.com/2009/08/guns-zulus-and-rhinos/comment-page-1/#comment-5060 Joseph R. Kopta Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:06:42 +0000 http://blog.patbarrett.com/?p=471#comment-5060 This is not Sioux. Nor Apache. Nor Massai, or Zulu. It seems, in fact, to be a geographic ahistoricism of a figure with African physiognomy and an appropriated Pacific island costume. None of the above-mentioned people had interaction with each other, which is probably why we are unfamiliar with their costumed histories. Jared Diamond would posit that the American and African continents would have no sociological continuity because they lay longitudinally on the globe and thus do not have homogenous agricultural and biological systems vis-a-vis the Eurasian system. E.g., as Barrett has noted above, climates do not transfer north or south and thusly the people would not move along these plains with enough regularity to form the melting pots that happened in Europe and along the Silk Road. This is not Sioux. Nor Apache. Nor Massai, or Zulu. It seems, in fact, to be a geographic ahistoricism of a figure with African physiognomy and an appropriated Pacific island costume.

None of the above-mentioned people had interaction with each other, which is probably why we are unfamiliar with their costumed histories. Jared Diamond would posit that the American and African continents would have no sociological continuity because they lay longitudinally on the globe and thus do not have homogenous agricultural and biological systems vis-a-vis the Eurasian system. E.g., as Barrett has noted above, climates do not transfer north or south and thusly the people would not move along these plains with enough regularity to form the melting pots that happened in Europe and along the Silk Road.

]]> By: Pat http://blog.patbarrett.com/2009/08/guns-zulus-and-rhinos/comment-page-1/#comment-4700 Pat Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:15:13 +0000 http://blog.patbarrett.com/?p=471#comment-4700 I know, I know, that is definitely some Sioux shit...unless it's not. Maybe it's some Apache action. I couldn't think of any African war gear while I was doodling, except for those big hats, big spears and big shields that the Massai (or the Zulu? I'm not gonna commit to any one tribe in this comment - nor will I do actual research) had. I know, I know, that is definitely some Sioux shit…unless it’s not. Maybe it’s some Apache action. I couldn’t think of any African war gear while I was doodling, except for those big hats, big spears and big shields that the Massai (or the Zulu? I’m not gonna commit to any one tribe in this comment – nor will I do actual research) had.

]]> By: Todd http://blog.patbarrett.com/2009/08/guns-zulus-and-rhinos/comment-page-1/#comment-4699 Todd Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:01:55 +0000 http://blog.patbarrett.com/?p=471#comment-4699 Challenge accepted! BTDubs, what's the deal with the Native American armor on an African? Challenge accepted! BTDubs, what’s the deal with the Native American armor on an African?

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