A Neapolitan miquelet pistol

[Philip]

Originally Posted by Fernando K

HI OLIVER

I do not find any relationship with the figures A lion appears, an unknown animal in America. The human figure is idealized (is it a man, a woman, an Indian?) They are only decorative figures. Besides, there are few copies produced in America

Affectionately

Lions may not be part of the native fauna of the Americas, but would have certainly been known to the human inhabitants of these continents after the arrival of Europeans via trans-Atlantic cultural influences -- such as art, literary references, and Biblical imagery.