THERE ARE NO APACHES?

«We are vanishing from the earth, yet I cannot think we are useless or Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes of men and certainly had a righteous purpose in creating each.

For each tribe of men Usen created He also made a home. In the land created for any particular tribe He placed whatever would be best for the welfare of that tribe.

When Usen created the Apaches He also created their homes in the West. He gave to them such grain, fruits, and game as they needed to eat. To restore their health when disease attacked them He made many different herbs to grow. He taught them where to find these herbs, and how to prepare them for medicine. He gave them a pleasant climate and all they needed for clothing and shelter was at hand.

Thus it was in the beginning: the Apaches and their homes each created for the other by Usen himself. When they are taken from these homes they sicken and die. How long will it be until it is said, there are no Apaches? »

                                             

 

 

 

Scene no 17: Apaches (Timpo toys, series number 23, eight poses) in their camp. Also the ninth Apache holding a blanket out to make a smoke signal (from the mini set Indian Smoke Signal, Ref. no 1001). Wigwam (Ref. no 274) and Tepee (Ref. no 1005). Indian Squaw and pony dragging a travois (Ref. no 1007). Game play base from the INDIAN VILLAGE box (Ref. no 258)

The text passage: From “Geronimo’s Story of His Life” (Chapter II), taken down and edited by S.M. Barrett.

SAILOR WITHOUT FAITH

«…He lacked faith in his race, in his birthright, in gods or men; 

and above all he lacked faith in himself…»     

Scene no 16: Mighty Sorcerer King Elric of Melnibone aboard the mysterious vessel of the Seas of Fate. Statue by the Greek sculptor Kostas Krasonis, inspired from Michael Whelan’s illustration for the front cover of the second Elric novel. In the background, a limited edition lithograph print of Robert Gould, signed and numbered by the artist.

He lacked faith: Text from THE SAILOR OF THE SEAS OF FATE, by Michael Moorcock.

THE DEPTH OF MEANING

Clean and nice before the battle.

The warrior must be handsome in the face of death.

«…And so, strange as it may sound, I learned from this very four years’ schooling in force and in all the fantastic extravagance of material warfare that life has no depth of meaning except when it is pledged for an ideal, and that there are ideals in comparison with which the life of an individual and even of a people has no weight...»

                                                                                                                                                                             

 

 

 

Scene no 15: German soldiers (Elastolin and Lineol composition figures) who wash and shave in front of their bunker. Rifles and helmets (Elastolin) are resting on the wall of the combat shelter.

The text passage: From the novel THE STORM OF STEEL, by Ernst Jünger.

BATTLESHIP

A classic Two Player Board Game. 

«BATTLESHIP is the old favorite Navy Game where two players try to sink each other’s hidden ships.

…

Strategy and some luck must be combined to be the first to locate and sink all 5 opponent’s ships to win the game.»

 

 

                                

 

 

Scene no 14: Closed and open plastic game kits (red and blue) with small ships fleet (Carrier, Battleship, Cruiser, Destroyer, Submarine) on the ocean grid, target grid and marker pegs. All placed in front of the excellent cover of the game box. (Milton Bradley Company toys, 1967)

Traditional gender roles: Family fun on the cover of the game. The excited males (father and son) are playing their suitable game of war, while the smiling females (wife and daughter) are doing the dishes in the kitchen.

DRESSED IN BLACK

200 years after the Greek Revolution.

At Jassy in Moldavia, on 24 February 1821, Alexandros Ypsilantis issued the very first 

Declaration of Independence, 

under the headline:

FIGHT FOR FAITH AND FATHERLAND!

  

 

 

 

Scene no 13: A dressed in black, young soldier of the 1821 Sacred Band, parading between two cypress trees. In front of formidable hoplites of Classical Greece.

Toy soldiers made by the Greek sculptor, Fotis Spyretos. Cypress trees made by Elastolin.

The Sacred Band: The first organized military unit of the Greek Revolution. A battalion formed by Alexandros Ypsilantis, comprising 400 young Greek volunteers, students from eastern Europe. They borrowed the famous name from the ancient Sacred Band of Thebes. The original Sacred Band was the elite force of the ancient Theban army.

INVASION FROM MARS

«And we men, the creatures who inhabit this earth, must be to them at least as alien and lowly as are the monkeys and lemurs to us. 

The intellectual side of man already admits that life is an incessant struggle for existence, and it would seem that this too is the belief of the minds upon Mars.

Their world is far gone in its cooling and this world is still crowded with life, but crowded only with what they regard as inferior animals.»                    

 

           

 

Scene no 12: Flying Saucers (Space Explorer Ship X8 and Flying Saucer X-7, Modern Toys MASUDAYA, made in Japan in the 1960s, lithographed tinplate, battery operated with bump and go action and flashing lights).

The text passage: From the novel THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, by H.G. Wells (The Coming of the Martians / The Eve of the War).

A VERY POISONOUS APPLE

"No," said Snow White, "I dare not take anything."

"Are you afraid of poison?" said the old woman, "look, I will cut the apple in two pieces, you eat the red cheek, and I will eat the white."

The apple was so cunningly made that only the red cheek was poisoned. 

Snow White longed for the fine apple, and when she saw that the woman ate part of it she could resist no longer, and stretched out her hand and took the poisonous half.

 

 

 

Scene no 11: Walt Disney’s little Snow White and the Wicked Queen disguised in the shape of an old hag (Demons & Merveilles resin statuettes. Limited edition, Snow White # 992 of 1504 and Wicked Queen # 709 of 1505).

The text passage: From «SNOW WHITE» by the Grimm Brothers.