Donald Gialanella - Metal Sculpture

Intrigued by seeing the paleolithic flaked stone Clovis spear points that ancient peoples hunted these massive creatures with, I looked to the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux in southwestern France for inspiration.

Bison antiquus was the most common large herbivore of North America for over ten thousand years and is the direct ancestor of the American Bison. This ancient bison was taller, had larger bones and horns and was 15-25% larger than modern bison.