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Historical Cultural Portraits

Vintage images of individuals in traditional attire from Burma, India, and Tibet, featuring sacred sites and rituals with a historical flair.

Reproductory van a baptism bressan door loved perret, anonymous, after loved perret, c. 1872 - in or before 1877 photomechanical print paper painting, drawing and the graphic arts. entering the church

Beginning of the Altar - Cheyenne. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868 - 1952)

Description: Playing Samisen, Tsudzumi, Fuye, and Taiko. Location: Japan japan, asia, asiathroughalens

Offa Dimitrowitch.

Hamals, orientalist photography, Berggren, Guillaume, ca. 1870

Ave Maria; Kauffmann, Angelica (1741-1807), Hohe, Friedrich (1802-1870); 1838 (1838-00-00-1838-00-00);

Apache home life.. 1906. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indians of North America

The Andhra Spinner at the Ahmedabad Congress Exhibition The Congress Volunteers' Parade. Photographs. 1922-02. General Research Division

A Raven Totem at Yan. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868 - 1952)

Costumes, characters, etc. Bedouin shepherdess, Beersheba 1900, Israel, Beersheba

Ration day at Standing Rock Agency / drawn by H.F. Farny. | Library of Congress

Description: Turkana. Location: Nairobi, Kenya africa

Traditional round dance by anonymous artist, painting, Russia, Ufa, State M. Nesterov Art Museum of Republic Bashkortostan, 12, 5x16, 5

Waterfall with Small Temple. Unknown maker

Hopi Towns, Snake Dance, Oraibi / Laying Down Snake. A.C. Vroman (American, 1856 - 1916)

Bethlehem, Palestine young woman from Bethlehem , 1918 - Near East, Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus - Paul Castelnau (photographic section of the armies) - (January 9 -October 6) (French - Bethléem , Palestine Jeune femme de Bethléem). Woman, costume, ethnic minority, Christianity, portrait, accessory, jewelry, hairstyle , headgear, Human beings, clothing, society, religion, Palestine, Bethlehem, Bethleamitaine

Description: Kanuri market africa

Palanquin, India

Leuktra (N.E.) where Thebes overcame Sparta and gained leadership over all Greece , Mountain roads, Pack animals, Packtrains. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Sacred Car. 1890 - 1899. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Parades & processions , Japan, Mikoshi

Description: Deputation to present the Address from the Chinese Literary Association. Location: Penang, Malaya Date: 1897 asia, malaysia, penang, asiathroughalens

A Family of Dervishes , late 19th-early 20th century. Albumen silver photograph, 6 1/8 x 8 3/16 in. (15.6 x 20.8 cm). A Sufis attributes and clothing indicate the mystical order to which he or she belongs and may also suggest rank and status within that order. Here, the patriarchs black robe emphasizes his authority. The varied styles of the hats further delineate positions within the group. The central seated figure holds a tabar, a small ceremonial axe, while each of the remaining men holds a walking staff, another iconic Sufi attribute. The extremely long beards of the male members identify this group as part of the Ahl-i Haqq order of Sufis, whose practices are guarded with extreme secrecy. The portrait may have been taken by Antoin Sevruguin, who served at the court of the Qajar ruler Nasir al-Din Shah in the latter nineteenth century and is known for his photographs of Iranian landscapes and subjects. Arts of the Islamic World late 19th-early 20th century

Khakodade, mestoprebyvanie russkago konsul'stva v Iaponii; Chleny Iaponskago posol'stva, posetivshie Rossiiu v 1862 g.. Timm, Vasili Fëdorovich, 1820-1895. Prints. 1851 - 1862. Rare Book Division. Russia , Social life and customs, Russia , History, Arts, Russian

Three geishas. Three geishas

Costume of a Woman Shaman - Clayoquot. Edward S. Curtis, photographer (American, 1868 - 1952) negative 1915, print 1916 Portrait of a woman in a bast fiber coat wearing an elaborate headdress of feathers and bast.

A Primitive Camp. Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868-1952). United States, 1912. Photographs. Photogravure on tissue

Navajoe Indian Dance, at old Fort Defiance, N.M.. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

Untitled, One of 274 Vintage Photographs , late 19th-early 20th century. Gelatin silver printing out paper, 4 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (11.7 x 15.9 cm). Arts of the Islamic World late 19th-early 20th century

Nestorian (Assyrian) Christian family making butter, Mawana, Persia

Set of thirteen select slides of shepherd life, illustrating the Twenty Third Psalm. 'Surely goodness and mercy' 1900, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Description: Centre of Oyon Bridge. Location: Oyon Description: Sule - Mahommedan Chief - Alake & 4 Kings of Abcokula - Olowu of Abcokula, King of Owu - Alake of Abcokula - Osilo of Abcokula - Agusa of Abcokula. Location: Abcokula abeokuta, africa

Official opening of Raukawa, 14 March 1936, Ōtaki, by Leslie Adkin.

Dragoman in Temple. Artist: Unknown. Date: 1880s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Procession near gate College to drive out evil spirits and bestow blessings and protection. Procession near gate College to drive out evil spirits and bestow blessings and protection

Dog Feast Dance. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1900. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Nebraska, Indians of North America

Description: Girls initiation School (Bale Girls). Photo : Blampied Description: Boys Initiation School Choir with trebel voice leader (Sephokoli) in front. Photo : Blampied africa

Nautch.

Othman Pascha, Generalgouverneur des _Hidjâz Hejaz(1882-86).. Hurgronje, C. Snouck (Christiaan Snouck), 1857-1936. Photographs. 1888 - 1889. Rare Book Division. Mecca (Saudi Arabia) , Social life and customs, Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Pashas, Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)

Portrait of four abbons of a monastery dedicated to Hanoeman in India; Mohunts of Huneangur tea. Hindoo. Old. .

Transfer of the monument The Water Goddess Monument in Teotihuacan Mexico. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1890

'Meditation' Description: "'Meditation', a study at Gamman-ga-fuchi, Nikko, Japan". Photograph taken by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935). Date: c.1907 japan, meditation, nikko, herbertponting, gammagafuchi

Portrait of an unknown girl in a communion dress, Cornelis Johannes Lodewicus Vermeulen, c. 1888 - c. 1896 Photograph. visit card Amsterdam photographic support. cardboard albumen print first communion. communion dress

The Abbot and Monks of Kushan Made 1863-1873 Scotland. Collotype, pl. XVIII from the album Illustrations of China and its People, Volume II (1873) . John Thomson

Two men on a wall of Pharijong Fort; Fort Wall Pharijong Tibet. Part of photo album with 24 photos of the Journey of Legertelegrafist D.t. Dalton by Tibet.

Three Manchu Ministers of State. Peking

The Nivkh (also Nivkhs; Nivkhi; or Gilyak; an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the northern half of Sakhalin Island and the region of the Amur River estuary in Russia's Khabarovsk Krai. Nivkh were traditionally fishermen; hunters; and dog breeders.

Priest with Pastoral Staff; Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909); Japan; 1866 - 1867; Hand-colored Albumen silver print

Indians: Arts and Crafts. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Mahatma Gandhi in meeting with Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan, India, Asia, May 30, 1925 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Priest with Pastoral Staff. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Buddhist Priests. Attributed to Kusakabe Kimbei (Japanese, 1841 - 1934)

Buddhist Priests; Attributed to Kusakabe Kimbei (Japanese, 1841 - 1934, active 1880s - about 1912); Japan; 1870s - 1890s; Hand-colored Albumen silver print

Têng-Yi Tëen, basket chair and matting shop, Shanghai foreign settlement, Albumen, 1876 July, Title from caption printed on page below image.

Buddhist Priests. Kusakabe Kimbei (Japanese, 1841 - 1934)

Lazio Roma Rome S. Ignazio di Loyola8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Church was built 1625-50, based on a project by Maderno. Exterior photos of facade, rooftops and portal, with details of capitals. Interior views of the nave; however, the majority of the photos are of the paintings in the vaults and chapels. Frescoes include the Entry of S. Ignatius into Heaven and the Four Parts of the World. There are also frescoes of Samson, David, Judith and Joel. In the transept are frescoes relating to St. Louis and to the Glory of S. Ignatius. Other, unidentified rooms in the complex are also photographed. Object Notes: Hutzel photo campaign notes are undated. See also Marburger Index, no. 395. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etrusca

Zaravshanskii okrug. Pervye uroki - digital file from original photo | Library of Congress

Statue of King Parakramabahu I (Parakramabahu the Great - 1123-1186) at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1910s

Indian tepee. Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

VILLANOVA DEL GHEBBO ITALY APRIL 1954 Young girl firts communion

Four brahmins from Delhi sitting on the ground; Brahmins. HINDOOS. Delhi. .

Three Greek priests walking on the street, presumably in Istanbul. Part of photo album from a journey through Southern Europe and the Middle East.

Pastora hilando lana, siglo XX. Museu Català de les Arts i Tradicions Populars.

Description: Tongan girls in song and dance. Location: Tonga tonga, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Ready for the chinese New YearReady for the Chinese New Year

Amma or Shampoer. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Graves of the prophets in the Kidron -Dal, near Jerusalem, Anonymous, 1900 - 1905 stereograph Kidron-Dalpublisher: New York (City) (POssibly) cardboard. baryta paper gelatin silver print dale, valley. grave, tomb. boy (child between toddler and youth) Kidron-dal

Description: After morning prayer. Date: February 1893 africa

Thanh-Tri, Tonkin, Indochine A group of villagers (mainly children) seated in front of the Buddhist temple, known as "slaughterhouse pagoda , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Thanh-tri , Tonkin , Indochine Un groupe de villageois ( principalement des enfants ) assis devant le temple bouddhique , dit «Pagode de l' abattoir»). Buddhism, costume, temple, roof, pagoda, child, group portrait, hairstyle , headgear, religious architecture, man, Religion, clothing, human beings, habitat , architecture, Indochina, Tonkin, countryside, village of Thanh-Tri, a group of inhabitants

Standing woman in Koto ,, C. Kersten & Co., 1900 - 1910 Portrait of a standing Surinamese woman in Koto. Part of a collection of 68 postcards from Suriname, brought together in an album as a reminder of a stay in Suriname in September 1911. Surina Publisher: Paramaribo cardboard folk costume, regional costume Suriname

(French - Sarajevo , Bosnie-Herzégovine Gitanes).

Japan - Geisha Girl bows to a samurai warrior - New Year Ceremony Date: circa 1910s

Portrait of a priest from Gondar.

Kandy is very popular due to the annual Buddhist pageant known as the Esala Perahera, in which one of the inner caskets used for covering the tooth relic of Buddha is taken in a grand procession through the streets of the city. Here, buddhist devotees worship the tooth at a service in Kandy. Date: circa 1910s

Description: Mooncakes for Apollo Astronauts. A typical garden scene during the moon festival. Location: Hong Kong Date: 1969

Golgotha and the Crucifixion 1893 Chicago. Albumen print, stereo, from the series The Chicago Panorama of The Crucifixion . Henry Hamilton Bennett

Hopi Thanksgiving still image. Postcards. 1907 - 1908. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indians of North America, Corn, Squashes, Pumpkins

Posing Bedouin for painted background with mountain landscape, F&E, 1879 - 1910 stereograph Middle Eastern Publisher: Paris (Possible) cardboard. paper albumen print wandering communities: nomads Middle East. Palestine. Syria

Before the storm, Apache.. 1906. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indians of North America

Mumbai, India - Hindu Cremation Date: circa 1910s

Georgia - A group of Georgian Pilgrims Date: circa 1910s

Description: Chief Kasisi- Makalolo Tribe africa

Scene from the silent movie, From the Manger to the Cross, or Jesus of Nazareth, showing Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper. 1912

Manchu dynasty court officials circa 1880

Soldier Statues - grave monuments at the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, the tomb of the Hongwu Emperor and founder of the Ming Dynasty. Situated at the southern foot of Purple Mountain, east of the historical center of Nanjing, China. Date: 1907

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