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 tribal chief's home in Uganda, Africa. Old XIX century engraved from Le Tour du Monde 1864
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Hunger in Bangalore. 1879.
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Paintings on church walls, Hagnau am Bodensee, Bodenseekreis district, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
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Papagos.
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America. Brazil. Dance ceremony of the Tecunas, Central Brazil. 1840. 19th century. Engraving. Later colouration.
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Native American from California who wears furs and carries a spear. Cultural artefacts include ornaments and headdresses. Also includes a cactus, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period
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Germany/Sri Lanka: left to right, Kandyan Dancers and Drummer, Munchner Bilderbogen, Braun & Schneider, 1861-1890
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Ten African Tribe Members, Africa
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Africa. Signing a treaty between French colonists and the heads of the Kingdom of Tamisso. Engraving, 1892. Colored.
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Carribean. Hatian woman. c. 1870. Engraving. Colored.
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An engraving depicting opium smoking in Java, an island of Indonesia. Dated 19th century
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An engraving depicting a Gabon weaver. Dated 19th century
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The Musician by unknown artist
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Serie verschiedene Arten von Brunnen, Ziehbrunnen in Afrika, Einheimische beim Wasser holen / Series different types of wells, draw well in africa, local people fetching water, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.
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This illustration of a Java Dancer dates to 1843. Java is an island of Indonesia.
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Acclimation Garden, The Sinhalese Acclimation Garden, The Singhaleans ". Poster. Color Lithography.
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Hindu idols near villages, vintage engraving. Hindu idols near villages, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679790
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Interior of an Indian hut in California in the 19th century. After a 19th century engraving by Whitney Jocelyn-Annin.
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Picture series from East Africa, Maasai on the move, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from c. 1900, in the public domain, exact...
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slavery Zanzibar slaves chained together wood engraving 1898,
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An Indian widow burns with her dead husband on the funeral pyre Date: 19th century
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Two Tamil men of the Kaller caste. Gouache painting.
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Robinson Crusoe: I Made Me a Table, Robinson Crusoe
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Ashanti Yam Festival, Ivory Coast or Ghana (West Africa); Illustration 1837
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America / discovered by Christopher Columbus / Sénégambie. Leaf with 2 performances. Above left a representation of Christopher Columbus that sets foot in America. At the bottom right of a representation of the residents of Senegambia (the area of the current Senegal and Gambia) for their cabins. Top right and bottom left boxes with captions. The whole is surrounded by a decorative edge. Numbered at the top right: No 186.
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Wahuma Band, Africa
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Free West Indian Dominicans, Agostino Brunias, 1728-1796, Italian
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TRAJES CIVILES, MILITARES Y RELIGIOSOS DE MEXICO - 1828 - EXTRACCION DE PULPA DE MAQUEY - LITOGRAFIA SIGLO XIX. Author: LINATI CLAUDIO. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Portrait of Natives of Easter Island. Circa 1770s from engravings of Cook's second voyage in south Pacific
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Australian Aboriginal Woman. Lalla Rookh the last Tasmanian aborigine, who died in 1876. Australia. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879
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A Spanish expedition arriving on the coast of Yucatan, Mexico 16th Century.
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The return of the hunters from the hunt, scene from Indian life, USA, historical, digitally improved reproduction of a photochrome print from 1898.
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ALBUM FILIPINO - TRAJES Y COSTUMBRES DE MANILA Y SUS CERCANIAS - INDIOS PROBANDO SUS GALLOS - LITOGRAFIA SIGLO XIX. Author: GIRAUDIER BALTASAR / RIBELLES J. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
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The name of Ty Sơn is used in various ways to refer to the period of peasant rebellions and decentralized dynasties established between the end of the figurehead Later Lê dynasty and beginning of the Nguyễn dynasties in the history of Vietnam between 1770 and 1802. Some academics refer to this period as the 'Ty Sơn uprising'.
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Afrikanische Volker, Africa
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Charles Frederick MacKenzie (1825-62) Anglican Bishop of Central Africa (1861), leader of the Universities Mission, preaching to African children. From Edwin Hodder Heroes of Britain London c1880
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Marchand Mission, French expedition under Jean Baptiste Marchand to prevent British expansion in northeastern Africa leaving Loango, Burkina Faso, July 1896. Early Twentieth Century Trade Card
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Seated male spice/salt vendor holding a balance. 1780 - 1858. Drawings. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Occupations , India
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Abbas Gregorius e gente Amharica; Native of Hausa From: The natural history of Man by James Cowles Prichard prints, etchings, works on paper
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TRAJE CIVILES, MILITARES Y RELIGIOSOS DE MEXICO - 1828 -PASTOR MEXICANO - LITOGRAFIA SIGLO XIX. Author: LINATI CLAUDIO. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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WEST AFRICA - A 'barracoon' in Sierre Leone, where slaves are held prior to shipment, for months on end, chained by neck and legs, frequently flogged Date: 1849
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Traditional Arab costumes worn by a Tunisian Jewish Family, 1862. French illustration
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Racial types from Central Africa - Kaschna, Jakoba, Liessi, Dombu, Jarriba (these are German names and do not correspond to any listed in our reference books) Date: 1836
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Mariage de nègres d'une maison riche; Convoi funèbre de négrillons, 1834 - 1839, by Jean Baptiste Debret (1768-1848). This artwork illustrates the social life and customs of Brazil, featuring a rich black marriage and a funeral procession for young black individuals. The piece was published in Paris by Firmin Didot Frères
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From the Plantation to the Senate
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Illustration showing the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840 by representatives of the British Crown and Maori chiefs, from the North Island of New Zealand. It has become a document of central importance to the history, to the political constitution of the state, and to the national myths of New Zealand, and has played a major role in framing the political relations between New Zealand's government and the Maori population, especially from the late-20th century.
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Village activities; Gambar-Gambar / Akan Peladjaran Dan Kasukaän Anak-Anak than Iboe-Bepanja. / Dutch Indian prints; Prints to utility and pleasure of young and old / Dutch Indian prints. Leaf with 8 performances of an Indian village house and activities, including sambal roasting, water wells and play with the child. Under every image a caption in the Malay and Dutch. Numbered at the top right: No. 6.
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The French Mekong Expedition (1866-68) voyaged upriver on the Mekong River through Indochina until it reached the Chinese frontier in December 1867. Crossing into Yunnan, the expedition encountered various indigenous peoples, including Muslims (bottom row) in Dali.
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c.1940 Hawaii, Art depicting hula dancers and grass hut
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Title page, group of people, stoning, stones, throwing, anger, vegetation, Bible, Old Testament, Second Book of Chronicles, historical illustration c. 1850