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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

Indios Kikapoos, presentados á S.M. Maximiliano 1-o, 1865 = Indiens Kikapoos, Présentés à S.M. Maximilien 1-r = Indian Kikapoos, presented to H.M. Maximilien 1-r. Prints, Illustrations. 1869. General Research Division. Mexico City (Mexico) , Description and travel, Indians of Mexico

Costumes of North America, 1858. Native Americans or Plains Indians hunting buffalo, European trapper buying skins from Native Americans, wearing feather headdresses and blankets in front of their teepees. Indiens chassant le bison, trappeur, Handcoloured and sepia-tinted lithograph by Jean-Adolphe Bocquin after an illustration by Auguste Leloir from Elisabeth Muller (pseudonym of Leonie Bedelet)s Le Monde en Estampes, The World in Prints, Amadee Bedelet, Paris, 1858.. Indiens devant leur camp.

Police officer, guard in front of his dugout, village guard, India, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century model, exact date of depiction unknown, historical, a man in traditional dress sitting in front of a hut with animals in the background

A fish market in India. Gouache drawing, 18--.

Arabian Waterman, McLaughlins Coffee, W. F. McLaughlin & Co., Trade Card, 1893

EAST AFRICA A convoy of slaves, Zanzibar Date: 1889

Comanche Indian camp, Native Americans, drawing from Travels in the southern provinces of India, 1862-1864, by Alfred Grandidier (1836-1921), from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume XVIII, Issue 26, December 25, 1873. Digitally colorized image.

Presentation at the Inca temple of three virgins to be consecrated to the sun. Colored engraving, 1820.

17th century Spanish colonial illustration of a Peruvian native carrying a load on his back

Hindu woman preparing fuel from animal droppings to dry on the wall of the house, India, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century model, exact date of depiction unknown, historical, a family in front of a hut, a man building on a brick wall, goats nearby

Clothing, fashion in Central America, Old Mexico in the 15th-16th century, from left, a man wearing a loincloth, a Zapotec Indian woman, a native trader, a Huastek Indian woman and a Mexican woman, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original

Egypt. Old Kingdom. Pharaoh, wearing the pschent or double crown, with public servants. Engraving. Color.

History of Exploration, Brazil, 19th century. Cigano gypsy dwelling. From Journey to historic and picturesque Brazil of Jean Baptiste Debret, 1834.

Kleidung, Mode in Indien in der modernen Geschichte, Bewohner der Insel Ceylon, von links, ein Tamule, Tamyle, dann ein Trommler, ein Jongleur eine Sc...

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.

Weaving and Spinning by Kehar Singh (Indian), circa 1860

Indian Wigwam in LowerCanada. After: Cornelius Krieghofj, Canadian, 1812-1872

Clothing, fashion in India in modern history, inhabitants of the island of Ceylon, from the left, a Tamule, Tamyle, then a drummer, a juggler an actress in female role and a local district executive with his wife, illustration, India, Asia

Cherokee Alphabet American History

Diego Duran: Histoire des Indiens. Sacrifice Humain Diego Duran: History of the Indians. Human Sacrifice 1579 Artist Unknown (Spanish) Miniature Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain

Mexican natives in feather headdresses and skirts marking the end of the century with a ritual using fire, water, and clay pots. 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.

Puzzled which one to choose!! : Or the king of Timbuctoo offering one of his daughters in marriage to Capt. - anticipated result of ye African mission , Military officers, Marriage proposals, Tribal chiefs, Lyon, G. F. George Francis, 1795-1832. Holt Collection

India : a gathering of Hindu ascetics (sadhus) at a religious festival: in the background, the Union flag flies over a British military fortification. Watercolour, ca. 1880 ().

Balance being used by Indian Betel dealer to weigh his goods, Hand-coloured engraving published Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1822

George Catlin, Orejona Indians, 1854 1869 Orejona Indians

Kaffir musicians Date: 1836

Proclamation of the new King of Dahomey, Agloliagbo (formerly Gouthili). Dahomey, now Republic of Benin, was a French protectorate. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 19 February 1894. France, Colonialism, Africa

Joseph has Benjamin arrested. Creator: Unknown.

Under King Manuel I, the Portuguese set up a government in India in 1505, six years after the discovery of a sea route to Calicut in southwest India by Vasco da Gama. The Portuguese originally based their administration in Kochi, or Cochin, in Kerala, but in 1510 moved to Goa. Until 1752, the State of India’ included all Portuguese possessions in the Indian Ocean, from southern Africa to Southeast Asia, governed by either a Viceroy or a Governor. In 1752 Mozambique got its own government, and in 1844 the Portuguese Government of India stopped administering the territories of Macau, Solor and Timor, restricting themselves to the Malabar coast. At the time of British India's independence in 1947, Portuguese India included a number of enclaves on India's western coast, including Goa proper, as well as the coastal enclaves of Daman and Diu. Portugal lost the last two enclaves in 1954, and the remainder in 1961, when they were occupied by India (although Portugal only recognized the annexa

Buddhist monastery of straw huts and temple in the Kingdom of Siam, Thailand. The monks are called Talapoini or bonzi. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

Musical procession of 3 men with instruments, leading towards large white temple on a hill. 1780 - 1858. Drawings. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Architecture,India, Temples,India, Occupations , India

Asia. Cambodia. Society. The crown Prince of Cambodia. 1880. 19th century. Engraving. Later colouration.

Chinese potter throwing a porcelain cup on a potter's wheel, powered by an assistant. Another worker arranges cups on a board for the oven. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc., Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824.

Representation of Indians as men eaters, American History

Marquesas Islanders: woman in turban, and chief of Tahuata Island (Santa Christina) in headdress. Feather headdress 1, fringed necklace 2,4, fan 3, and war mace 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso after Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

Danze dei Canadinani, 1800 - 1899. Engraving and aquatint depicting folk dancing among the Indians of North America, specifically in Canada. The print measures 16 x 22 cm on a sheet of 21 x 33 cm

Wlodzimierz Tetmajer (1861-1923). Polish painter. "Swiecone" (Blessing of Easter Food), 1897. Consecration in Bronowice. Museum of Contemporary Art. Krakow, Poland.

Picnic for midnight mass on the Loyalty Islands, Pacific Ocean, illustration from the weekly Rivista Illustrata (Illustrated Magazine), No 211, January 14, 1883. Digitally colorized image.

The country council in Colombo. The Dessave (European judic judge at the service of the VOC) holds a seat on the grocery of his service home. For him, the captains (representatives or foremins) are of the population of Ceylon. Legal seekers waiting for the gallery. A dog is sleeping in the foreground. With inscription. Part from Jan Brandes, DL sketchbook. 1 (1808), p. 15.

A BURMESE PRINCE ON A VISIT OF STATE

Women of the King of Dahomey, Women in the 19th century, Historical, Digitally restored reproduction of an 18th century original

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Singalese devil dancers, 1880, Ceylon, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century orig...

How Navajo rugs are made , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

A Goldsmith, from Indian Trades and Castes ca. 1840 Anonymous, Indian, 19th century Indian. A Goldsmith, from Indian Trades and Castes 386453

Four women of central Siam in the mid-19th century, when it was the custom for women to crop their hair short. In semi-autonomous north Thailand at the time - the former Lan Na or Lanna Kingdom with its capital at Chiang Mai - women wore their hair long.

The return of the hunters 1904. American Indians in a canoe return to a family encampment

Livingstone as a missionary reads the Bible to African natives

Maize, primary foodstuff of the Aztecs, watercolour, 18th century

Hawaii, colorful art c.1940, High chief with followers

Hindu barber shaving a man's head. Gouache drawing.

Slaves dressed for 'Fiesta del Rosario' festival, Brazil, 18th century. Watercolour.

TRAJES CIVILES, MILITARES Y RELIGIOSOS DE MEXICO - 1828 - TORTILLERAS - LITOGRAFIA SIGLO XIX. Author: LINATI CLAUDIO. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Hindu King and Family, 19th Century, Exotic Costumes from Antiquity to 1800

Shakespeare 'Up to Date' ! Quote from Pericles - Act IV. Sc. 2: "If you require a little space for prayer, I grant it, Pray but be not tedious" A vicar on his holiday has the misfortune to stumble upon a very well-dressed cannibal couple at dinnertime.... !!!!! circa 1910s

Offering of the Mandan Indians, Illustration in Wied-Neuwied, Karl Bodmer (1809-1893 Swiss)

A Ghati Family. Today, 'Ghati' is a derogatory term used to describe people of the maharashtrian descent or maharashtra region in India. Date: 1900

North America. English Explorers bartering for land. Engraving by A History of the United States for Schools. Later colouration. 19th century.

Aztec feast in an illustration taken from the History of the Indies by Diego Duran, 1579 manuscript. Aztec Civilization.

Brahmins at a Toolsee altar, India, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century model, exact date of depiction unknown, historical, a family and a priest performing a ritual in front of a small temple

Nederland, Rappard, jonkheer Josias Cornelis, Arnhem, Thieme, Gerrit Jan, Leiden, Kolff, Gualtherus, Prints for the benefit and pleasure of young and old, Dutch-Indonesian prints, Gambar-Gambar, Akan Peladjaran dan Kasoekaän Anak-anak dan Iboe-bepanja., Village activities, Netherlands, verso - stamped, Sheet with 8 images of an Indian village house and activities, including frying sambal, drawing water and playing with the child. A caption in Malay and Dutch below each image. Numbered top right: No. 6., print, popular print, prints, popular prints, height 382 mm, width 458 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, 1826 - 1881, publisher, 1868 - 1881, paper, color lithography (process), 1827-04-01 - 1889-02-15, printer, 1824-04-24 - 1898-05-17, intermediary draughtsman

Aztec building and the Chinampas system

Act of submission of Ashanti king Prempeh and his mother embracing the legs of British representatives, Governor Maxwell, Colonel Kempster and Sir Francis Scott, as a sign of humiliation. Engraving, 1901. Colored.

Canadian Indian native funeral ceremony: mourners smoke tobacco pipes at a wake for a body bedecked with cape, hat, spear and quiver. 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.

Novices, 1880, Buddhist temple students in Thailand, Historical, digitally retouched reproduction of a 19th century original

Indian Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. This was a fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next.

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast majority of those enslaved that were transported to the New World, many on the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, were West Africans from the central and western parts of the continent sold by western Africans to western European slave traders, or by direct European capture to the Americas. The numbers were so great that Africans who came by way of the slave trade became the most numerous Old World immigrants in both North and South America before the late 18th century. Far more slaves were taken to South America than to the north. The South Atlantic economic system centered on producing commodity crops, and making goods and clothing to sell in Europe, and increasing the numbers of African slaves brought to the New World.

'15th Sikhs', c1890.Artist: H Bunnett

Natives of the Transvaalin their village.Date: 1899

Cannibalism by South American Indians, Inca, who killed greedy Spaniards by pouring moten gold down their throats. 16th cent. Spanish engraving. Peru.

Indians at Pendleton Round Up, Pendleton, Oregon , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

CODICE TRUJILLO DEL PERU - TOMO II E. 59 - INDIOS COLANDO CHICHA Y DESPUMANDOLA - ACUARELA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Infographic about Mesoamerican ball game, called pok-ta-pok by the Maya. Adobe InDesign (.indd); 4960x3188.

CANADA - CIRCA 1975: stamp printed by Canada, shows Subarctic Indians, circa 1975

Picture series Anam, country and people, Vietnam, the Maqui festival, procession with masked children and torches, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from ca 1900, public domain, exact date unknown, Asia

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