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

A Swazi medicine man or shaman performing a ritual in front of his tribe. Colour process print after N.H. Hardy.

Better treat them thus,' published in 1837 by R.G. Williams for the American Anti-Slavery Society. The work is a serial publication that addresses the themes of slavery in the United States and includes elements of juvenile literature

Tätowierung eines Häuptling in Neuseeland / Tattoo of a chief in New Zealand, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Africa, noble woman with servant from the Congo, 1870, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Zulu Magician, Africa, Illustration, 1885

Uomo Pulo, Africa

Man & Woman of the Land of Natal. Illustrations, Prints, Costume prints. 1831. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Africa

Tobas Indians, South America. Journey in Paraguay 1844-1847 by Alfred Demersay

'Surinam, South America, 1772-77. Group of newly arrived black slaves herded by slave master with stick. From Stedman ''Journal of Five Years Expedition against the Rebelling Blacks of Surinam 1772-77'' London 1793. Hand-coloured engraving '

Kamehameha I (1758-1819). King of Hawaii Island. Hawaiians, 1819. Kamehameha and his warriors. Engraving by E. Bayard. The Illustrated World, 1880. Colored.

Cannibals reported by Portuguese conquistadores. Here some are shown roasting their victims on a spit. Date: 1530

Costumes of the people of Java, Indonesia. Man in cap and skirt, nobleman in cotton robe with cudgel, woman in sarong, female dancer, and man in loincloth. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

Mexican Priests A.D. 1500

Mutesa I Mukaabya, Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, from 1856 until 1884. He was the thirtieth (30th) Kabaka of Buganda

History. North Africa. Arabian caravan. Engraving. (Later colouration). Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: HENRY WINKLES. Johan George Heck.

Print - Red Indians mandan braves under going voluntary ordeal after days of ritual Buffalo dance.

Wedding procession in Aequartorial Guinea, Frauen im 19. century, Historisch, digital reproduction of an original 19th century original

'Muchlaht Indians; In pawn in an Indian village', 1875. The Mowachaht or Muchalaht are a people from the west coast of Vancouver Island in Canada. From, 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London

c.1826 CWM Ellis, book illustration, Missionary preaching to native people

Exhibition of native gold nuggets, proceeding from the mines discovered on the banks of the river Kaap (province of Natal). Durban, South Africa. Colored engraving of 'The Spanish and American Illustration' (1886).

Natives of the Island of Cape Verde, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

America. Columbia. Barranquilla. Water Carrier. Engraving, 19th c. American equinoctial by Ed. Andre.

The Indian came forward and said: My brother is a great leader, vintage engraving. The Indian came forward and said: My brother is a great leader, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657280

Nomadic tribe with their possessions laden on an ox.

Casket with 4 bearers, 2 aristocrats leading procession. 1780 - 1858. Drawings. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies

France, Paris, Native Americans in 1850

America. Brazil. Members of the Puri tribe, Central Brazil, c.1840. They are extinct. Engraving. Colored.

Iroquois Indians of Canada, 1818. The man carries a musket, bow and quiver of arrows, and the woman holds a baby in a papoose. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton, Harvey and Darton, London, 1818. Venning wrote educational books on geography, conchology and mineralogy in the early 19th century.

Noble woman of the Kingdom of Whydah, Slave Coast, Africa (now Benin). Woman in headdress with long veil, long gown with three fringes, in earrings and bracelets. Femme de qualite de Juida. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.

Japan people pilgrams Norwegian engraving circa 1870,

Fighting between tribes before the Spanish conquest of Mexico, illustration taken from the History of the Indies by Diego Duran, 1579 manuscript.

Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814) was a French naturalist and explorer who made several voyages to Southeast Asia between 1769 and 1781. He published this two-volume account of his voyage of 1774-81 in 1782. Volume 1 deals exclusively with India, whose culture Sonnerat very much admired, and is especially noteworthy for its extended discussion of religion in India, Hinduism in particular. Volume 2 covers Sonnerat's travels to China, Burma, Madagascar, the Maldives, Mauritius, Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), Indonesia, and the Philippines. The book is illustrated with engravings based on Sonnerat's drawings. Among the most interesting illustrations are Sonnerat's pictures of various Hindu deities. Sonnerat was also a dedicated ornithologist and bird collector, and the book describes and depicts a number of species that he was the first to identify.

Indian musician in dhoti and necklace playing the pennak, a bowed instrument with gourd resonators. Handcoloured woodcut from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde," Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.

Traditional dances of the Caroline Islands, Micronesia, 19th century. Men with tattoos, wearing loincloths, dancing with sticks. Carolians on Guam at top. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Jacques Etienne Victor Arago from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1834.

Dance of the Aliab woman, Aliab, upper Nile region, woman in the 19th century, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, o...

Two black men are tortured by being tied to a wooden stick and thus having to perform every movement simultaneously. Wood engraving.

In 1592 Kandy became the capital city of the last remaining independent kingdom in Sri Lanka after the coastal regions had been conquered by the Portuguese. Kandy stayed independent until the early 19th century. In the Second Kandyan War, the British met no resistance and reached the city on February 10, 1815. On March 2, 1815, a treaty known as the Kandyan Convention was signed between the British and the Radalas (Kandyan aristocrats). With this treaty, Kandy recognized the King of England as its King and became a British protectorate.

Nubian females, Kanoosee tribe. Prisse d'Avennes, 1807-1879. Prints, Illustrations. 1851. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Egypt , Social life and customs, Baskets, Pottery , Egypt, grinding , Egypt, Women , Clothing & dress , Egypt

Human sacrifice in Cassenge (Kasenje), Angola, 19th century. A young man is decapitated then quartered on a stage in front of the king, the Imbalanga Jaga, citizens, and three statues of gods. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Jean-Baptiste Douville from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1834.

Dance of the Aliab woman, Aliab, upper Nile region, woman in the 19th century, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown

Man and woman of St. John's in their best habits, depicting the clothing and dress of the Island of St. John, created between 1745 and 1747 by Thomas Astley. Published in London by T. Astley, the image features engravings representing men and women from Cape Verde in traditional attire

Historia. Primeros pobladores vascos de la península ibérica. Grabado de 1871.

c.1819 Ki´i a Heiau, Jacques Arago, view of explorers looking over native statues

Listener of Arabic fairy tales, telling, date palms, men sitting, lying and standing, group, tent, Arabic clothing, historical illustration 1897, Algier, Algeria, Africa

Toba women fight, Bolivia, South America. Journey in search of the remains of the Crevaux mission by Émile-Arthur Thouar 1884. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906

Ancient people and cultural history, Egyptian national costume, 1 + 2, Numidians, 3 and 4, other Egyptians, from left, historic steel engraving, 1875

THE BURMESE FRONTIER DIFFICULTY, TYPES OF THE NATIVE TRIBES: 1. Shaus with Loaded Cattle coming from the Mountains. 2. Karens inhabiting the Disputed Territory. 3. Shau leaving Tonghoo for the Mountains. 4. Tounthoos. 5. Burmese going to Bazaar with Fruits for Sale (Unmarried Girl bearing Oranges ; Grandmother bearing Mangoes 3 Grandson carrying Umbrella ; Married Woman with Infant and Jack Fruits). 6. Christian Karens and Gekos. 1875

Afrikaanse muziekinstrumenten.Leaf with four representations of African musical instruments and the method of playing. Above: a string instrument and a woman from the Khoi who plays the instrument. Below: a drum and a khoi that plays the instrument. Under the performances a caption in French. At the top right numbered: 166.

Revotes Saint-Doming Enno 1794 Vinkeles / rainsford. Revolt in Santo Domingo in 1794. Print.

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Arctic and Tundra Regions. Ritual Shaman dance. From a late 19th century engraving.

Christopher Columbus giving hawks' bells to the Taino people, the first Native Americans he encountered in 1492 and later conquered and enslaved. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.

CHAKA, KING OF THE ZULUS (LEFT), A ZULU PROPHETESS (RIGHT)

Woman, Canaresin from Mangalur, member of a minority from Kerala, India, Woman in the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 1...

Engraving depicting Dayak males performing daily tasks. A Dayak is a member of a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting parts of Borneo. Dated 19th Century

Yacouman, chief Wayana Indians tribe, Guiana tribe on the banks of the Oyapock, chasing the devil, walks through the village after the birth of a child, spraying a milky white liquid with a feather brush, French Guiana, South America. Drawing by Edouard Riou (1833 - 1900) From Cayenne to the Andes (1878-1879) by Jules Crevaux (1847 - 1882) Le Tour du Monde 1880

An ensemble of Burmese musicians playing traditional instruments at a funeral. Wood engraving, 1872, after H.G. Robley.

Minataree, Hidatsa or Minnetaree men performing the green corn dance around a fire and kettle with medicine men offering ripe maize to the Great Spirit. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.

A Dayak shaman or medicine man holding a flaming torch and some charms. Wood engraving.

Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814) was a French naturalist and explorer who made several voyages to Southeast Asia between 1769 and 1781. He published this two-volume account of his voyage of 1774-81 in 1782. Volume 1 deals exclusively with India, whose culture Sonnerat very much admired, and is especially noteworthy for its extended discussion of religion in India, Hinduism in particular. Volume 2 covers Sonnerat's travels to China, Burma, Madagascar, the Maldives, Mauritius, Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), Indonesia, and the Philippines. The book is illustrated with engravings based on Sonnerat's drawings. Among the most interesting illustrations are Sonnerat's pictures of various Hindu deities. Sonnerat was also a dedicated ornithologist and bird collector, and the book describes and depicts a number of species that he was the first to identify.

Native American of Florida wearing a colourful leather robe, a neck ornament, a bow, arrows and a hair ornament, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period

Africa. Sudan. Nuba chief, c. 1880. Engraving. 19th century.

The Devil in Britain and America, 1896

Native of Bengal in turban and loincloth selling sweetmeats, holding a crane feather. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.

Natives of Tonga (Friendly Islands). King Poulaho in feather headdress, man in gnatoo tappa cloth, Chief Ataongo Otago of Tongatapu Amsterdam Island with knife, woman with tattoos in gnatoo. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso after John Webber from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

Brazilian slave trade. Black slaves in stocks in Brazil. Engraving. (Later colouration). Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: HENRY WINKLES. Johan George Heck.

Egyptian alma or almeh dancing girls or belly-dancers accompanied by female musicians in veils. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

Kleidung, Mode in Südamerika, Bolivien und Peru um das 19. Jahrhundert, von links, indianische Frau aus Bolivien, ein indianischer Arbeiter aus Bolivi...

United States. Indians. Iroquois and Chippewa doctors, residents of Lake Superior and Lake Arkansas. Colored engraving, 1878.

David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and African explorer, c1870 (c1880). Artist: Unknown

Asians: Dayaks of Borneo & Princess 1880 Artist Unknown Colored wood cut Collection of Archiv for Kunst & Geschichte, Berlin, Germany

Ceremony at a German tribal meeting. Men wearing wreaths, animal skins and antlers. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1797).

Indian perfume sellers. Gouache drawing.

DIVERSIONS OBSERVED AMONG THE PEASANTRY OF CHILE ON THE FESTIVAL OF CORPUS CHRISTI EN TRAVELS IN CHILE AND LA PLATA, 1826. Author: JOHN MIERS (1789-1879). Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. Santiago. CHILE.

'Sad, indeed, was the parting.'. Illustrations. 1879. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883, Prayer, Slavery , United States

THE ASHANTEE WAR

The first mass in America, painting by Pharamond Blanchard (1805-1873).

Illustration of an Aztec carrying food to market

Illustration depicting native tribal scene in French Polynesia 1830. Possibly showing natives of the Seychelles, or Mauritius.

In 1827 six members of the Osage tribe journeyed to France. Identified by the letter beneath their names, they were A Kihegashugah. B Washingsabba. C Marcharthitahtoongah. D Minkchatahoon. E M

Emancipation festival in Barbados celebrating freeing of slaves, illustration, 1880

Family worship on a plantation in South Carolina Date: 1863

Tänze aus Samoa, Sitztanz, Kriegstanz, Hundetanz / Dances from Samoa, sitting dance, war dance, dog dance, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

New England (Massachusetts). 17th century. Quaker's group hanging a dog condemned by warlock. Engraving, 1807.

Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814) was a French naturalist and explorer who made several voyages to Southeast Asia between 1769 and 1781. He published this two-volume account of his voyage of 1774-81 in 1782. Volume 1 deals exclusively with India, whose culture Sonnerat very much admired, and is especially noteworthy for its extended discussion of religion in India, Hinduism in particular. Volume 2 covers Sonnerat's travels to China, Burma, Madagascar, the Maldives, Mauritius, Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), Indonesia, and the Philippines. The book is illustrated with engravings based on Sonnerat's drawings. Among the most interesting illustrations are Sonnerat's pictures of various Hindu deities. Sonnerat was also a dedicated ornithologist and bird collector, and the book describes and depicts a number of species that he was the first to identify.

An Indian carpenter and wife holding tools. Gouache drawing.

Africa Abraham Bosse (1602-1676). Africa.

Painting depicting an appeal being made to the head of the tribe

Fakir belonging to a sect known for occasional nudity, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by Francois Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.

'Chinese Artillerists', c1891. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York

Asia. India. Cotton carriers. 1870. Colored engraving.

Papaya tree, just seekers at the Dessave and a 'hennikap' or free clerk in Colombo. Three drawings. A papaya tree. A row of residents awaiting case law by the Dessave. The 'free servant' is dressed in white and wears its hair in a knot on the head. With inscription. Part from Jan Brandes, DL sketchbook. 1 (1808), p. 16.

Egypt. Old Kingdom. Women. Engraving. Color.

A snake charmer from Poonah, India. Watercolour, 1873.

"INDIGENAS CORTANDO ABACA". FILIPINAS. Grabado de "La Ilustración Española y Americana", año 1876.

A Signare or woman slave trader of St. Louis, Senegal, 18th century. Signar were mulatto French-African creole women famous for their fashion and culture. A Signara, or Woman of Colour of St. Louis. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves LAfrique, Paris, 1814. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: Africa, A description of the manners and customs Moors of the Sahara and of the Negro Nations, R. Ackermann, England, 1821.

Oil merchants in India; early 19th Century. ;French; lithograph; By Marlet 1828

Asia. India. Dancing girl performing the "Egg Dance". Engraving. 19th century.

Watercolour - Captain Bulger, Governor of Assiniboia, and the Chiefs and Warriors of the Chippewa Tribe of Red Lake, in Council in the Colony House in Fort Douglas, May 22nd, 1823.

Voortrekker Monument in Honour of the Boers, Pretoria Capital, Tshwane, South Africa, Pretoria, Africa

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