#49 Comanche Tipi

Artist Lee Jamison discusses his mural in The Emergence of Man exhibit.

Artist Lee Jamison discusses his newest work, a life-sized mural of a Columbian mammoth.

The Largent collection of 19th century children’s glassware is one of the largest in America with more than 5,000 pieces. Look around the exhibit and you will see everything from cake stands and punch bowls to tiny candlesticks and steins.

This log house was built before the Civil War between 1842 and 1849 and was used by a family in Perry, Texas. The ceiling and inside logs are original.

Playing games can improve your five senses. Try playing the firewood game, ring and pen and the rock game and see how well you improve your keen senses.

Imagine living in a Native American village. Girls make dolls from buffalo wool; boys use buffalo leg bones for pretend riding horses. Tipis were built in familiar locations near family and friends and easy to locate.

The Comanche Indians were a nomadic group that traveled often and built their homes out of softer female buffalo hide. This tipi consists of nine hides and was designed to last up to 10 years.

The city of Waco is named after the Huaco Native American Tribe, which first settled in the area. They built grass houses made of wheat grass designed to last for several years such as this one.

Hear about this fascinating and rare discovery north of Waco on the Brazos River where the skeletal remains and burial goods of an adult male and young girl believed to have lived 11,000 years ago were found.

Stratigraphy is used by archaeologists to identify and date an object by the layer of the soil that it is found in. Stratigraphy also provides clues about the climate and geography of the earth at a particular time.