Native American Corn Cultivation - Historical Illustration #3535534 (License: Personal Use)

The monochrome illustration depicts a muscular Indigenous man wearing minimal traditional attire-including a feathered headdress and loincloth-carefully examining or harvesting corn in a dense stand of tall maize plants. His posture and focused gaze suggest expertise and reverence for the crop, highlighting the central role of maize in many Indigenous cultures. The detailed rendering of leaf structure and tassels emphasizes botanical accuracy typical of 19th-century ethnographic art.

This image is commonly used in educational resources about pre-Columbian agriculture, Indigenous history, and the origins of maize domestication. It serves users researching cultural heritage, agricultural anthropology, or early American civilizations, often appearing on museum websites, academic blogs, and K-12 curriculum materials.