Cultural Celebrations and Rituals

Illustrations depict historical and cultural scenes with people engaged in dances, rituals, and traditional attire from various African regions and historical contexts.

Missionaries, David van der Kellen III, 1837 - 1885

envoy of Asoka sent to declare peace after Kalinga War, 261 BC Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

Africans, 1816 - 1819, Costume, Musical instruments, Aquatints, 14 x 20.2 cm

Missionaries, David van der Kellen III, 1837 - 1885

Costumes of Mauritius, Port Louis. 1860

Africans. Prints. 1816 - 1819. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Costume , Africa, Musical instruments , Africa

Africa. Native Vouanyamouezi. Colored engraving from 1882.

Kleidung im alten Ägypten, Zeit des Reiches um 2200 v. Chr. von links, die eines Königs der 5. Dynastie, dann eine vornehme Ägypterin, eine Frau besse...

Chebianabiqui, Peru, 1869

Kleidung, Mode in Nordamerika, Indianer, von links, Mandan-Krieger, Saki-Häuptlinge, Gesicht rot bemalt, ein weiterer Saki-Krieger mit rasiertem Kopf ...

Group of Nubian women and children resting by the Nile at Korti, Sudan. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846.

Kleidung, Mode in Afrika, Ostafrika, von links, ein hässlicher somalischer Krieger in Marschausrüstung, ein somalischer Krieger und ein junger baumwol...

Hongi Ika, on his deathbed, councels peace with the missionaries. Date: 1827

Nubian women at Kortie, on the Nile. Nubian women at Korti.. Roberts, David, 1796-1864. Brockedon, William, 1787-1854. Prints, Illustrations. 1846 - 1849. General Research Division. Egypt, Antiquities, Nubians, Water carriers, Clothing & dress , Nubia, Women , Nubia

Group Of Nubians At Wady Kardassy From "Egypt And Nubia" 1846-49 David Roberts (1796-1864 Scottish) Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

South America. Argentina. Natives of Patagonia, c.1880. Colored engraving.

Engraving depicting a tribal masked dance. Dated 1836

Caroline Islands. Traditional dances. Micronesia. Engraving, 19th century.

French explorer Jacques Cartier meeting with Native Americans of the Iroquois nation at Hochelaga (modern Montreal, Canada), October 2, 1535. Jacques Cartier, 1491 - 1557. After an 1850 work by Andr

Burial among the native Chiriguano Indians, 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

Costumes of the people of America, 18th century. Giant Patagon or Tehuelche man and woman in guanaco skin skirts, the man holding hunting bolas, Patagonia 4, and Selk'nam man and woman with baby in sealskin cloaks, Tierra del Fuego 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792.

Snake charmers, 3 men and 1 woman. 1780 - 1858. Drawings. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Occupations , India, Serpents in art

General Burgoyne addressing the Native American Indians, USA.

Crow people at Fort Clarke. Warrior (perhaps Chief Eripuass, Rotten Belly) with feathers in his hair wearing a bighorn leather, woman with animal-skin cape holding bow and arrows, and seated medicine man or shaman. Two braves on horseback behind them. Indiens Corbeaux (Amerique). Adapted from a painting by Karl Bodmer in Travels in the Interior of North America, by Prince Maximilian of Wied, 1839. Handcoloured woodcut by L. Markaert after an illustration by Karl Bodmer from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) 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.

Wrongdoers are ceremonially beheaded to the sound of drums in southern Africa, Date: 1836

Historia de Africa. Siglo XIX. Congo. Sacrificios humanos en el País de los Bakutis, cerca de la estación del Ecuador. Cromolitografía. El Congo y la Creación del Estado Independiente de este nombre. Historia de los Trabajos y Exploraciones Verificados, por Enrique M. Stanley. Editada en Barcelona, hacia 1890. España.

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

Human sacrifice in a sacred marae (Morai) or cemetery, Tahiti. Drummers at left, a hog-tied victim and two grave diggers digging a grave before a pile of human skulls and quivers of arrows. 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.

Exchanging goods at a Kaffir fair Date: 1863

Brazilian ceremony where a wombing girl is cut to bleed. Print at the top right numbered: 125 (crossed out).

annual festival of village goddess of Periyapalayam, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

A group of Nubians at Wady Kardasey, created between 1846 and 1849 by artist David Roberts. The work, published in London by F.G. Moon, illustrates aspects of Nubian clothing and dress, and features elements of Egyptian antiquities, specifically daggers and swords. The chromolithograph measures 25 x 35 cm

Man in waistcoat and turban with cloak and woman in robes of Algiers above, and Algierian women in house wear below. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Many of the illustrations were adapted from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" and others.

Native American costumes, colour engraving, copied from Herriot. Native American Civilization, United States, 19th century.

Different types of hookah pipes of India: gargara, snake hookah, narikel, cheroot, narikel and gargara. 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.

Ivory is a hard, white material, derived from the tusks and teeth of animals, that is used in art or manufacturing. It consists of dentine, a tissue that is similar to bone. It has been important since ancient times for making a range of items, from ivory carvings to false teeth, fans, and dominoes. Elephant ivory has been the most important source, but ivory from many species including the hippopotamus, walrus, pig, mammoth, sperm whale, and narwhal has been used.

Etnografía. India. Faquir, bramante y sacerdote hindúes. Grabado coloreado de 1880.

Inhabitants of the Island of Guam. (Bewohner der Infel Guam), 19th century, maker unknown. Acquisition history unknown.

Africans in tribal costume First two left Gambians Next three Zulus Right woman from Botswana From The Modern Cyclopedia Vol VI 1903

Meeting between indigenous population and western men. Western men are met by the indigenous population of an African country where they arrived with their ship that is visible in the background.

Mahratta yeoman warrior with sword, and sikh warriors in turbans and beards. 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.

Print entitled: "Jacques Cartier, his first interview with the Indians at Hochelaga, now Montreal, in 1535." Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) was a French explorer who claimed Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint L

Four Lab Joisers, Esaias Boursss, 1662 Two sitting and two standing men on the ground. The man's most left is stretched forward with his left leg; With the right and left hand, he holds the raised right leg. The man diagonally behind him is sitting with the knee raised. He turns his head over his shoulder and also looks at the draftsman. The man in the middle is folded with his arms on the back and with his eyes aimed at the draftsman. These three men wear the same hip rug (veshti, lungi) to the knees, well -beaten and tucked in the waist. The man at the back seems to wear an old shirt (kamisaya) with torn sleeves. His hair is shaved briefly. The men on the left and center both wear a cloth to the chest with cords. They have brief frizzy hair and beard growth. The man in the middle has a few bracelets around his top left arm. The right -wing figure carries his hip rug kneelang and extended between the legs (as a dhoti). He has wrapped a second canvas (Chadar) around the waist, along w

Kleidung, Mode in Südamerika, die Inka in Peru im 15. -16. Jahrhundert, von links, ein Lastenträger mit Rückenkorb, eine Frau mit Handspindel, ein Lam...

Historia Antigua. Egipto. Juegos acuáticos. Grabado alemán de 1865.

Famine, Hindu men in front of the British, 1897, illustration from Petit Journal. Colonial Wars, India, 19th century.

David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer being carried 'The Last Mile' to die at his African home in Ujiji, Tanganyika. Chromolithograph from 'The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone', c1880

Inhabitants of California - a region inhabited by more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans. Large, settled populations lived on the coast and hunted sea mammals, fished for salmon, and gathered shellfish, while groups in the interior hunted terrestrial game and gathered nuts, acorns, and berries. California groups also were diverse in their political organization with bands, tribes, villages, and on the resource-rich coasts, large chiefdoms, such as the Chumash, Pomo and Salinan. Trade,

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

French imperialism. Africa. Dahomey. A street of Porto-Novo. Official residence of the French governor. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890.

Ecuador. Indigenous painting. 'Corn harvest'. ECUADOR. PICHINCHA. Quito. Library of the Museum Jacinto Jijn y Caama-o of Archaeology and Colonial Art.

Natives dancing near the San Francisco Mission in California, 1822, lithograph by De Langlume from a drawing by Choris taken from A New Voyage Round the World by Otto von Kotzebue.

Africa. Sudan. Nuba chief, c. 1800. Engraving. Later colouration. 9th century.

Procession of the Virgin Mary in Ceylon, 1880, Sri Lanka, Historical, digitally retouched reproduction of a 19th century original, Asia

Method of travel in the Kingdom of Kongo (Congo): a rich man carried on a gold palanquin with silk canopy by four slaves. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

Indian Mendicant Pairs.

Dance of indigenous Australian. Engraving. 19th century.

Maskerade of the Delft students, 1857 (plate 6), 1857 Costumed parade of the students of the Royal Academy in Delft on May 5, 1857. The parade depicts the Garbeg parade of the Sultan of Djokjakarta Plus different characteristic types from the Indonesian archipelago. Sixth plate with the groups numbered 44-55. Part of the series of eight and a half -stuck sheets. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: The Haguepublisher: Delft paper Delft. Dutch East Indies, The. Jogjakarta Costumed parade of the students of the Royal Academy in Delft on May 5, 1857. The parade depicts the Garbeg parade of the Sultan of Djokjakarta Plus different characteristic types from the Indonesian archipelago. Sixth plate with the groups numbered 44-55. Part of the series of eight and a half -stuck sheets. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: The Haguepublisher: Delft paper Delft. Dutch East Indies, The. Jogjakarta

Indian Dancers Los Bailadores Indios C. 1833 Waldeck, Johann Friedrich(1766-1875 German) Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Clothing, fashion in South America, the Inca in Peru in the 15.-16. Century, illustration, America

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

The Pilgrims on the delectable mountains. Date: First published: 1678

French imperialism. Africa. Dahomey. A street of Porto-Novo. Official residence of the French governor. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890. Colored.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, biro, Muslim Kling, Tjätti Kling, Asians, East India, 1885, India, digitally restored reprodu...

A gipsy encampment, with supper cooking Date: circa 1830

Group of Camacan people of Bahia, Brazil. Three naked men with spears, bows, arrows and shoulder bags of hunted game, and women with apron and baby. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842.

European expeditors meeting group of Native Americans,

Mandan religious ceremony - the body suspension ritual, part of the four-day O-Kee-Pa buffalo dance. Young men are suspended by the skin from scaffolds and hung with shields and bison skulls. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.

A 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, Central America

Brazilian Landscape with Scenes from the Lives of Indians 1829 Jean-Jacques Deltil Colored print Deutsches Tapetenmuseum, Kassel, Germany

Dance of the Powhatan Native Americans of Carolina within a circle of totem poles. (Based on Captain White's drawing of the Algonquian dance in Virginia.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A. Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1841.

South America. Brazil. Tuinamba people. Execution of prisoners of war. Engraving, 19th century.

Zulu or Xhosa woman of Natal, eastern South Africa. Dancing, wearing an animal-skin hat with long tails, ivory necklace and earrings, animal-skin fringed skrt, holding a branch with fruit. Sauvagesse de la Terre de Natal. 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.

A prisoner being led to his execution through a field littered with skulls and skeletons, 1820, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

A man and Woman of Hindustan (India). A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century. Date: 1818

'The War Dance, by the Ojibbeway Indians', 1848.Artist: Harris

17th century engraving depicting two men from Guinea in west africa

Central Africa. Indigenous smoking Cannabis. Engraving. Africa inexplorada, el Continente Misterioso by Henry Morton Stanley, c. 1887. Later colouration.

Reunion island indigenous, Reunion island. Western Indian Ocean, drawing by Mettais. Journey to Reunion Island, 1861 by Louis Laurent Simonin (1830-1886) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Codex Duran, Historia De Las Indias - Human Sacrifice - 1579 - vellum - Fol. 705. Author: DIEGO DURAN DIEGO (1537-1588). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Male, female and child captives driven into slavery by Arab slave traders, c1875. Artist: Unknown

Hand-painted lantern plate with negroes, slide plate slideshope images glass paper, Hand-painted slides with top and bottom edges of white-red checkered paper. Image of idolatry scene with negroes and head of white man on pedestal optics magic lantern magic lantern slide toy projecting idolatry adoration

Muslim fakir or faqir penitents performing prayers and mortification. Udbahu with raised arm, and others praying standing, seated or lying down. 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.

Ticuna people celebrating a birth. They wear masks made of tree bark representing the demon Jurupari, forest animals, birds and Native people of Brazil wearing masks, circa 1800. Selvaggi del Brasile mascherati. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1837.

French lithograph of silk weavers in India, By Marlet 1828

GRABADO-BAILE FIGURANDO UN COMBATE-MOXO-PERU.

Mode, Kleidung in Indien, von links, ein Mann und eine Frau vom Stamm der Banjari in Zentralindien, ein Maharaja aus Dholpur, dann ein Hofbeamter aus ...

Gandhi and Eighty Martyrs going towards the Jalalpur saltmines. Achille Beltrame (1871-1945), from La Domenica del Corriere, 1930.

Street scene with snake charmers, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.

Kleidung, Mode in Mittelamerika, Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts, von links, ein indianischer Fischer, eine indianische Frau und eine gemischtrassige Frau...

A goat about to be beheaded as a Hindu ritual in honour of the goddess Kālī. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Jamaica. 15th century. Second Voyage of Columbus. Jamaicans refuse to give food to Columbus and he, knowing that there will be a lunar eclipse, tells them that God will deny the light. When the eclipse took place, fearful natives, provide abundant provisions to Columbus. The Truthful History of Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo. Engraving, 1807. Colored.

A wife of an Indian werowance or chief of Pomeiooc by John White (created 1585-1586). A wife of an Indian werowance or chief of Pomeiooc

The Kraal of "Captain" Coba (OR KOBÉ), A Chief of the GqunukhWeben. Stemhead Coba, or Kobe, possibly grandson of Gwali, from the Ama-Gwali tribe.

Native American funeral ceremony (Canada): mourners smoke tobacco pipes at a wake for a corpse bedecked with cape, hat, spear and quiver. Handcolored copperplate engraving from G. T. Wilhelm's "Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mankind," Augsburg, 1804. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist known as the German Buffon.

RANAVALONA, QUEEN OF MADAGASCAR IN HER STATE HOWDAH.

Sioux men dancing the Bear Dance before a hunt, with medicine man wearing a bear skin and others in bear head masks. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.

Egypt. New Kingdom. Pharaoh, wearing the pschent or double crown, with public servants and the High Priest dressed with lion skin. Engraving. Color.

View of the catacombs at Alexandria (Egypt) from Views in Egypt by Luigi Mayer, engraving, 1804

Illustration showing a traditional tribal wedding in Senegal 1827. French colonial impression

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