African Indigenous Cultures

Engravings depict traditional villagers from Africa, showcasing attire, rituals, and community interactions, reflecting historical cultural heritage.

A tribal chief's home in Uganda, Africa. Old XIX century engraved from Le Tour du Monde 1864

HISTORIA DE AFRICA. Indígenas de los VOUANYAMOUEZI. Grabado del año 1882.

Africa. Tanzania. Villagers in Tanzania, 1875. Engraving.

Musicians and dancers, Burma, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 595, Volume XXIV, July 22, 1854.

Khoi people of the Gonaqua kingdom, southern Africa. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after F. Le Vaillant.

The expedition is received by King Mbang Mohammedou, Massenya village. Kingdom of Baguirmi, Chad. Central Africa. Drawing by Ivan Pranishnikoff (1841 - 1909) Journey from Borno to Baguirmi 1872 by Dr. Gustav Hermann Nachtigal (1834 - 1885) Le Tour du Monde 1880

On the beach, a group of Africans, one of whom is kneeling, welcomes two missionaries. To the right is a man in a rowboat, and near the group of Africans are depicted exotic plants, including a banana tree. Outlines of hills and mountains can be seen in the background., Missionaries, print maker: David van der Kellen (1827-1895), 1837 - 1885, paper, etching, h 96 mm × w 137 mm

A tribal chief's home in Uganda, Africa. Old XIX century engraved from Le Tour du Monde 1864

Pocahontas interceding for the life of Smith, 1607. Captain John Smith, 1580-1631 English soldier and explorer. Pocahontas (Matoaka) 1595-1617 Algonqiuan Indian princess.

Speke presenting his hunting trophies to King Rumanika, Africa. Old XIX century engraved from Le Tour du Monde 1864

The African attendants of David Livingstone, Abdullah Souzi, Jacob Wainwright y James Chouma, Dr David Livingstone's three servants taking stock of hi

Indigenous from Ubujue, Uguha and Uhyeya. Central Africa. Journey to unexplored Africa, the mysterious continent by Henry Morton Stanley. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

Natives in Senegal, Africa, historical woodcut, circa 1888

Indian Life in Their Native Forests”, Book Illustration from Indian Horrors or Massacres of the Red Men”, by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1891

Spaniards Enslaving the Indians”, Book Illustration from Indian Horrors or Massacres of the Red Men”, by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1891

Ceremonies at the funeral of a child, Mofou ethnic group, Chad. Central Africa. Drawing by Ivan Pranishnikoff (1841 - 1909) Journey from Borno to Baguirmi 1872 by Dr. Gustav Hermann Nachtigal (1834 - 1885) Le Tour du Monde 1880

Engraving depicting a dance on Java Island, Indonesia. Dated 1870

Cannibals of Central Africa in 1870, vintage engraving. Cannibals of Central Africa in 1870, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647715

Etnografía. África. Madagascar. Guerreros nativos en 1656. Grabado coloreado de 1880.

The Kingdom of Champasak (1713-1946) was a kingdom in southern Laos that broke away from the Lan Xang kingdom in 1713. The Kingdom of Champasak prospered at the beginning the 18th century, but it was reduced to a vassal state of Siam before the century had passed. Under French rule the kingdom became an administrative block with its royalty stripped of many of its privileges. The Kingdom of Champasak was abolished in 1946 when the Kingdom of Laos was formed.

Indian snake charmers, London, 1835.

Albino, Albinism, among the Bari tribe at the white Nile in Sudan, illustration from 1878 / Albino, Albinismus, beim Stamm der Bari am weißen Nil in Sudan, Illustration aus 1878, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Etnografía. India. Individuos pertenecientes a la casta de los parias o intocables. Grabado coloreado de 1880.

Theodore II granting an audience to some rebellious peasants, Camp d'Aure. Ethiopia. Old XIX century engraved from Journey in Abyssinia Le Tour du Monde 1864

THE SHEEP-EATER OF HINDOSTAN: THE SHEEP-EATER AND HIS GURW, INDIA. Or Indostan, literally 'land of the Indus', is a popular name for the Indian subcontinent. Delhi and Agra have been the traditional capitals of Hindustan.

Natives selling Indian corn in the streets of Cape Coast Castle, headquarters of the British on the Gold Coast. This was sketched during the 2nd Ashantee War (1873-74). In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana, the British attacked and virtually destroyed the Asanti capital of Kumasi, and officially declared Ghana a crown colony on 24 July 1874. Date: 4 April 1874

Hawaiian Islands or Sandwich Island. Funeral of a chiel.

Cape Coast Castle, Ghana: a blind man is led through the street by a boy. Wood engraving by J.J.

African people brewing pombe beside a pile of sorghum grain. Wood engraving by J. B. Zwecker.

Tule dance of the Rouconyenne, Native Americans in South America, historical illlustration, about 1886

The Benin Empire (1440-1897) was a pre-colonial African state in what is now modern Nigeria. It is not to be confused with the modern-day country called Benin (and formerly called Dahomey).

Marriage proposal among the Bagobos, Mindanao. Philippines island. Indonesia. Journey to the Philippines and Malaysia by Dr. J. Montano 1879-1881. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906

An engraving depicting William Penn meeting the Native Americans. Sir William Penn (1644-1718) an English, real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker, and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania. Dated 19th century

Fiji: an ambassador brings a message Date: 19th century

Wild dance in San Jose Mission, 1839, by J.B. Debret from A Picturesque and Historic Voyage to Brazil, Brazil 19th Century.

Verney Lovett Cameron visiting king Konngo, Central Africa. Journey across Africa, from Zanzibar to Benguela by Verney Lovett Cameron

Cree Indian Chief & Family Tribe Among Tepees or Tipis, Canada. 1860 Engraving or Vintage Illustration

Abyssinians beating captives to death with sticks. Wood engraving, 18--.

Mungo Park at Jumbo

Village of a tribe in Central Africa. Journey across Africa, from Zanzibar to Benguela by Verney Lovett Cameron

Widowed women, Massenya village. Kingdom of Baguirmi, Chad. Central Africa. Drawing by Ivan Pranishnikoff (1841 - 1909) Journey from Borno to Baguirmi 1872 by Dr. Gustav Hermann Nachtigal (1834 - 1885) Le Tour du Monde 1880

King, Loango Kingdom, Dapper, 16th century, throne, outdoors, indigenous, portrait, group, men, coloured, spear, weapons, clothing, colonial period, historical illustration 1885, Congo, West Africa, Africa

Brahmin funeral. Cremation on a funeral pyre. Lithogaph from L'Inde Francaise', 1828

Nobles of the Nama (Namaqua) people of South Africa, man in fur cape and loincloth, woman in cape and skirt with necklace. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

Narragansett Chief Canonicus receiving the powder and shot sent by Governor Bradford, circa 1622

Tribal chief dwelling near Canala, New Caledonia. Journey to New Caledonia by Jules Garnier 1863-1866 from Le Tour du Monde 1867

American Indians. 16th century. Engraving, 1841.

Ganges pilgrims passing a ghaut, India, 1864. 'The road between Allahabad and Benares is literally crowded with pilgrims to the sacred river...They are coming from, or going to, every part of India - Thibet, and even Birmah. Here and there the crowds are so dense that it is with difficulty that you make your way through them. Our Illustration shows a party of holy-water venders passing a ghaut, or the steep, ragged incline leading to a ford of one of the numerous nullahs, or mountain streams which intersect their road to the outlying districts, where they will dispose of the so-called sacred

Africa, Wedding procession at Lake Moero, Lake Mweru or Lac Moero, Congo, 1880, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Africa

Mehou, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Dahomey, with his mother, wearing ceremonial clothes, Benin, drawing by Henri Valentin, engraving by Best, Hotelin and Co, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 491, Volume XX, July 24, 1852.

Asia. Korea. Koreans fisherman's family 1845. Colored engraving. 19th century.

Three angry Indians throwing stones and sticks at a medicine man. Coloured engraving.

Black slaves were imported into the Muslim world from Africa by a number of routes northward across the Sahara desert, and by sea into Arabia and the Persian Gulf. Estimates of the number involved vary greatly but it seems that there may easily have been 10 million, perhaps even twice that number. Two-thirds of African slaves were female. The males were considered to be troublesome. An uprising of slaves from West Africa, the Zanj, who had been imported into the Tigris-Euphrates delta to reclaim salt marshland through their backbreaking labour, lasted from 869 until 883. The mortality rate was very high because of the harsh conditions, but the trade was so lucrative that merchants were not deterred by the numbers who died. Harrowing eye witness accounts tell of the vast scale and miserable conditions of the slave trade in Africa. In the 1570s many thousands of black Africans were seen for sale in Cairo on market days. In 1796 a caravan was seen by a British traveller leaving Darfur wit

Central Africa. Expedition of Stanley. Kingdom of Loango (large region of present-day Angola, Congo and Gabon). Dance Nkumbi. Engraving. Africa inexplorada, el Continente Misterioso by Henry Morton Stanley, c. 1887.

Peruvian Antis Natives on a Raft, Peru, South America. Old XIX century engraved from Le Tour du Monde 1864

Burmese Traveling Cart in Farther India, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Natives of the Diours tribe, Senegal, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Africa

Engraving depicting Abyssinian slaves being taken from the Sudan across the desert to the Red Sea to be taken to Jeddah. Dated 19th century

Female slaves in Central Africa. 1895.

The idol-worship of the native Haitians Date: circa 1500

'Upper Amazons - Indians Dining; The Fresh-water Turtle of the Amazons', 1875. From 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London and Galpin.

Naaukeurige en uitvoerige beschryving van kaap de Goede Hoop, Amsterdam, By B. Lakeman, 1727 south africa, natural history, cape of good hope, description and travel, cape of good hope south africa, khoikhoi african people, A group of individuals is gathered in a serene outdoor setting, engaged in a ceremonial or social event. They are seated in a semi-circle, dressed in traditional attire, with a figure at the center possibly leading or officiating the gathering. The surrounding landscape features rocky formations and greenery, suggesting a natural, rural environment. In the background, there are hints of additional figures, indicating that the event might be a communal or cultural practice. The scene captures a moment of cultural significance, reflecting community dynamics and traditional customs.

The Expedition to Abyssinia: Sir Robert Napier entertained by the Prince of Tigre, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. G. A. Henty '...of the interview, near Ad-Abaga, on Feb. 25, between the commander-in-chief of the British army and the reigning Prince Kassa of Tigré...Zassa is a young man of thirty-five years of age. His face, of a dark olive colour, is intellectual; but he has a careworn and wearied expression, which justifies his statement that he did not desire power, but that it was thrust upon him...He wore the Abyssinian costume, a white robe or toga...The conversation in Kassa's

History of Exploration, Brazil, 19th century. Tobacco merchants. From Journey to historic and picturesque Brazil of Jean Baptiste Debret, 1834.

Clothing, fashion in North America, Indians, from left, Mandan warriors, Saki chiefs, face painted red, another Saki warrior with shaved head and beard, then a Prairie chief, then an Upper Missouri Indian, then a Cvee or Cvih Indian chief and below a Chippewa or Odschibwae chief, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Henry Stanley's first sight of Emin's Steamer, Africa, circa 1875

Pawnee Indians, c19th century. Artist: Unknown

Dance of the Uea girls on the island of Wallis, Samoa, historical illustration, circa 1886, Oceania

Africa. Djibputi/Somalia. Somali King with his courtiers. 1880. 19th century.

Transparency - Platform burial, steel engraving, 1830-50, copied ca.1910

'Mandan Indians, with Medicine Man in Bear Skin', c1875. Artist: Unknown

Argentina people native camp in Patagonia engraving 19th century,

Warrior from Abyssinia, c. 1885, Ethiopian Empire, Ethiopia, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact ori...

Indian musicians with musical instruments. Man playing bell and conch shell, sankh and ghanta, bansi flutist, surmandal player, dholak drummer, kartal cymbalist, dhak drummer, and jagajhampa drummer. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

Indigenous Australian aborigines with dingo, dogs that guarded Aboriginal human settlements, acting as sentinels and company. They kept the camp clean, but in times of famine they could serve as food. Queensland, Australia. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Journey to Northeast Australia by Carl Lumholtz 1880-1884 from Le Tour du Monde 1889

The market of Luang Prabang from Exploration de L´Indo_Chine by Delaporte, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Engraving of native Australians performing a ritualistic dance. Dated 19th Century

French lithograph of milk sellers in India, By Marlet 1828

Ceylon, Gruppe singhalesischer Adeliger, historische, digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Originals aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Aufnahmedatum nicht angegeben, group of Singhalese Nobilities , Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Indian wigwam and medical dance, America, Indians, 1850 / Indianerwigwam und Medizintanz, Amerika, Indianer, 1850, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Booshuana Women manufacturing Earthen Ware. South Africa. Plate signed drawn & engraved by Samuel Daniell from "African scenery and animals" 1804

Egypt. New Kingdom. High Priest dressed with lion skin. Engraving. Color.

William Penn's Treaty with the Indians

c.1816 Hawaiian hula dancers after Louis Choris

(L) Natives of Senegambia : (centre) Zulu in visiting dress, Zulu dancing girl, Zulu warrior in dancing costume : (R) Bechuana woman Date: circa 1880

Hindu, low caste, men, sitting, squatting, hookah, smoking, poverty, sad, historical illustration 1885, 19th century, Central Asia

United State. Native Amercian dance and medicine man, c.1880. Engraving. Colored.

United State. Native Amercian. Village. Engraving. (Later colouration).

c.1845 Art/Illustration, Foreign sailors watch hula girls dance.

Singalese Devil Dancer (Sri Lanka) Artist Unknown Colored wood cut Collection of Archiv for Kunst & Geschichte, Berlin, Germany

THE FAMINE IN BENGAL

Man playing nose flute, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by Francois Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.

Group of indigenous native Indians eating in the forest, French Guiana, South America. Drawing by D. Maillart. From Cayenne to the Andes (1878-1879) by Jules Crevaux (1847 - 1882) Le Tour du Monde 1880

Traditional Colombian house in Aganche. Cauca valley Department . Colombia, South America. Journey through Equinoctial America 1875-1876 by Edward Francois Andre. Le Tour du Monde 1879

New Zealand people Maori chiefs engraving circa 1870

Pain and supplication of widows, United States of America, engraving by Vernier from Etats-Unis d'Amerique, by Roux de Rochelle, L'Univers Pittoresque, published by Firmin Didot Freres, Paris, 1837.

Kleidung im alten Ägypten, in der Ramessidenzeit, 1350-1200 v. Chr. von links zwei nubische Bogenschützen und dann drei Soldaten mit gewöhnlichem Kopf...

Inhabitants of the Fijian Islands. Inhabitants of Tahiti. (Bewohnervon den Fidschi Inseln / Bewohner von der Insel Otahiti.) prints, lithographs, works on paper

Various types of clothes worn by Indian men. Man of distinction with prayer beads, and men in dhoti. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

tobacco plantation with workers, a Mexican Indian and two European foremen, 1821, Tobacco, Drying of tobacco, Tobacco industry, Cuba, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original..

Water wheel at a well, driven by camel and ox, in Egypt, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

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