Bob Bullock Museum Exploration

Yesterday, My UGS class and I went to the Bob Bullock Museum and explored its natural wonders. At first I was thinking how lame it was that the exhibits actually cost money, 8 bucks. At that point I was thinking, "Man, that 8 bucks could have gone to some grub," but in the end, I was glad I went there.


As I entered the wonders of history, I found myself gazing intently at a Comanche hunting bow. As I stood there, I read how the hunting bows were often decorated for good luck. On top of that, I realized that the grip was made by the remnant furs of a coyote, feathers from a turkey, hair from a horse, and the bow string by animal tendon. At that point I was thinking, "Man, how lucky am I to come across such an exquisite work of art." I was immediately enticed in it. It was said the remnants of the animals used on the bow offered the Comanche protection, but as I thought deeper, I wondered what the animals would have thought if they knew about how the Comanche used them. In death, one should be left to rest in peace. How would you feel if you died and someone decided to do the same to you by using your your body parts? I would feel angered and I believe the animals used in the bow would be angered as well. But, maybe if they learned that they were viewed as protection, then they might think otherwise. After examining the bow for a good 5 minutes, I decided that it was time to move on to the next object, something in the second floor.

Venturing through the second floor, I didn't see much animals projected in the historical objects that surrounded me. It took a bunch of walking and looping around to finally find one; I found a horse that was drinking from a water well. In the picture above, it depicts a man and the horse posing in front of a windmill for the woman, who is the part of the press. This event was apparently historical and made an impact significant enough to be put int he museum, so I thought, maybe the horse wouldn't mind having its picture taken and now carved into stone to be placed inside a museum. But, to be honest, I believe that if I were the animal, I would be confused. I would be wondering what the flashing light from that camera is and what the lady is doing. I would have been totally dumbfounded. After this, I started to venture off again and this time, up to the third floor.

What I saw displayed in the third floor were Longhorn Cattle. In Texas ranching, they bred them from hybrids of Spanish stock and English cattle. As I read on, I noticed how they were described as : strong, ornery, and weighed over a ton each. They are slow to mature too apparently. After reading about all its facts, I realized I picked the right school. At UT Austin, our mascot is the Texas Longhorn. Longhorns are strong and I agree. Us Longhorns would never back down on a challenge. The picture depicts several longhorns. If the longhorns knew that they were displayed like this, I think they would have been honored at the fact that people acknowledge them.

At first I was told that there was going to 4 floors that I could explore in the museum, but in the end, there was only 3. I was sad that this was so, but it doesn't matter. I had my adventure.


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