Historical Ethnic Portraits

Vintage photographs of musicians, tribal leaders, and priests from various cultures, capturing the essence of traditional attire and customs across regions.

The Sultan of Ahaggar and his chiefs - all of the Tuareg tribe of the far south of Algeria, deep into the Sahara Date: circa 1910s

Blanket Wearing - Hopi Indian at work

Shravak Priests, Guzerat; India; 1886 - 1889; Albumen silver print

Description: Yerima Dali. Filani (Mori) Description: Filani (Mori) africa

West African Tuareg Warriors, in traditional veiled headdresses, all mounted on fine horse and carrying spears and enormous shields. The Tuareg are a Berber nomadic pastoralist people, known as the 'People of the Veil'. The wearing of the Alasho veil by Tuareg men originates from the belief that such action wards off evil spirits. Date: circa 1910s

The Christmas Story, Y.M.C.A. tableaux The Adoration of the Magi IIII 1934, Jerusalem, Israel

Bou Saada, Algeria Dancers and musicians of the Naïl Ouled tribe , 1909 or 1910 - Algeria, Tunisia - Jules Gervais -Courtellemont and Souvieux (French - Bou Saada , Algérie Danseuses et musiciens de la tribu des Ouled Naïl). Woman, festive costume, dance, music, spectacle costume, costume, ethnic minority, palm , palm grove, oasis, accessory, jewelry, hairstyle , headgear, man, Human beings, clothing, art, society, biscra , Oula Nail nail

Siam is the land of contrasts. The streets of Bangkok watered in this primitive way and... June 15, 1938. (Photo by Michael Lorant).

Group portrait of Indian women and children on the steps of the Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Anonymous, c. 1895 - c. 1905.

Das Reitkameel (Hèdjîn) des Scherîf Jahja, eines Sohnes des Scherîf Ahmed, dessen Vater der berühmte 1886 verstorbene Grossscherîf Abd èl-Muttálib mit einer reich mit Silber gestickten Satteldecke (batât). Den Zaum hält der Sklave Jahjas. Snouck Hurgronje, C. (Christiaan), 1857-1936. Photographs. 1889. General Research Division. Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Camels, Servants, Mountains , Saudi Arabia , Mecca, Nobility , Saudi Arabia

Tibetan mendicants, c1910. Artist: Unknown

Palestine is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. The movement was publicly supported by Great Britain during World War I with the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The British captured Jerusalem a month later, and were formally awarded a mandate in 1922. In 1947, following World War II and the Holocaust, the British Government announced their desire to terminate the Mandate, and the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition the territory into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jewish leadership accepted the proposal but the Arab Higher Committee rejected it; a

A Turkish bride in her wedding dress, Four attendants gather around bride in room with carpet and wall hangings, circa 1914

Sword swallowers of the Ma'tke Thlan'nakwe, Great Fire Fraternity, Zuni nation. Lithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powell's 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904.

Description: Munshi tiv, munshi, africa

'Navajo Silver and Turquoise Jewellery', 1931. Artist: Unknown.

Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Its people include the Meetei, Pangal (Muslims), Bishnupriya Manipuri's, Naga and Kuki who speak different languages of branches of the Tibeto-Burman family. The state is bounded by Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south, and Assam to the west; Burma lies to the east. It covers an area of 22,327 square kilometres (8,621 sq mi).

Tatary Tatars. 1862. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Clothing & dress , Russia, Tatars

Tibet, Dalton, DT, Lamas, Group of Tibetan clergy (lamas) with wind instruments (dunchen), Part of Photo album with 24 photos of the journey of army telegraphist DT Dalton through Tibet., photograph, photo, photos, height 80 mm, width 137 mm, photographer, 1903 - 1906, photographic paper, photo paper, daylight gelatin silver print

(7) Tag-e Bustan, Crowning Ceremony of Shapour II, Kermanshah. Artist: Luigi Pesce (Italian, 1818-1891). Date: 1840s-60s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mahatma gandhi at boars hill oxford, uk, india, asia, 1931 Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox

HAILE SELASSIE (1892 - 1975) Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74) 1930

Kuban Cossack Russians in Tsarist Russia circa 1910

Description: Kanuri market africa

Aref el Aref & Bedouin sheikhs 1932, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

'Bhisti'. Creator: Unknown.

Sher Ali Khan (1825-February 21, 1879) was Amir of Afghanistan from 1863 to 1866 and from 1868 until his death in 1879. He was the thirdson of Dost Mohammed Khan, founder of the Barakzai Dynasty in Afghanistan.

Njoya, King of Bamum

Shen-Kwe-fen , Chinese Minister of State, Peking

Thorhüter der Kaba Kabah (aus der Schêbah-Familie Bani Shaybî, die seit vorislamischer Zeit dies Amt innehat).. Hurgronje, C. Snouck (Christiaan Snouck), 1857-1936. Photographs. 1888 - 1889. Rare Book Division. Mecca (Saudi Arabia) , Social life and customs, Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Janitors , Saudi Arabia , Mecca, Kabah

Buddhist Tibetan Monk/Priest Date: circa 1908

Description: Munshi tiv, munshi, africa

Haupt der Schêche für malaiische Pilger, Schêch für malaiische Pilger, Pilger aus Moko-moko und Indrapura (West Sumátra), Pilger aus Edi (Nord-Sumátra).. Hurgronje, C. Snouck (Christiaan Snouck), 1857-1936. Photographs. 1888 - 1889. Rare Book Division. Mecca (Saudi Arabia) , Social life and customs, Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Pilgrims, Sumatera Barat (Indonesia), Sumatera Utara (Indonesia), Indonesians, Leader heads, Malaysians

Locals celebrating at the Leh Festival, Leh, Ladakh, North West India

Vintage photo of parsi, mumbai, maharashtra, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Benguella, Congo - A Carnival, the traditional Dance of the "Chinas" Date: 1911

Palestine is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. The movement was publicly supported by Great Britain during World War I with the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The British captured Jerusalem a month later, and were formally awarded a mandate in 1922. In 1947, following World War II and the Holocaust, the British Government announced their desire to terminate the Mandate, and the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition the territory into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jewish leadership accepted the proposal but the Arab Higher Committee rejected it; a

Queen of Siam.

The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - The Convent of Catholic Sisters at Tarawa Date: circa 1910

Palestine is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. The movement was publicly supported by Great Britain during World War I with the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The British captured Jerusalem a month later, and were formally awarded a mandate in 1922. In 1947, following World War II and the Holocaust, the British Government announced their desire to terminate the Mandate, and the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition the territory into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jewish leadership accepted the proposal but the Arab Higher Committee rejected it; a

The leak in Egypt ..

Grupo de Taurumares, familia India en Chihuahua - Mexican Indian family , Indigenous peoples, Violins, Tarahumara Indians, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Kraków church of St. Florian sculptures from the circle of Wit Stwosz, from the altar of St. John the Evangelist (d. Together with the altar, in St. Mary's Church). unknown

Close-up of a Tuareg tribal man in traditional clothing

Un Bedouin..

Palestine is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. The movement was publicly supported by Great Britain during World War I with the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The British captured Jerusalem a month later, and were formally awarded a mandate in 1922. In 1947, following World War II and the Holocaust, the British Government announced their desire to terminate the Mandate, and the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition the territory into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jewish leadership accepted the proposal but the Arab Higher Committee rejected it; a

A Pueblo Indian and San Ildefonso Black Pottery. A Pueblo Indian and San Ildefonso Black Pottery

Engraving. Shah Jehan leaving The Great Mosque at Delhi by elephant. 17th cent.

Bali is home to most of Indonesia's small Hindu minority with some 92% of the island's 4 million population adhering to Balinese Hinduism, while most of the remainder follow Islam. Bali is the largest tourist destination in Indonesia, and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leatherwork, metalwork and music.

G-50 Pueblo Indian woman at her adobe bake-oven , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Women of Bethlehem

Darjeeling is a town and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya at an elevation of 6,700 ft (2,042.2 m). It is noted for its tea industry and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Darjeeling is the headquarters of Darjeeling district which has a partially autonomous status within the state of West Bengal.

North African Dervishes displaying at a French Exhibition. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) mystic and poet. When the great Andalusian mystic Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi met Rumi (as a boy) with his Father in Baghdad he commented when he saw him walking away behind his Father How strange, there goes a Sea followed by an Ocean. The advancing Mongol hordes forced Rumis Family to leave Balkh arriving finally in Kon

Arabs from Mecca. The man on the left holds a tesbih, a string of beads which can be counted off to match the 99 Names of God. Date: 1903

Four Masai Warriors in Full War Dress, Kenya, 1900

Group of Tibetan coolies; Tibetan Coolies. Part of photo album with 24 photos of the Journey of Legertelegrafist D.t. Dalton by Tibet.

Greek Orthodox priests from St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai. 1898, Egypt, Sinai

One of the sacred stone images at Ife, the spritual centre of Yorubaland; One of the sons of the Shenu of Bornu, opp. p. 78. Photographs. 1911. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Africa, Nigeria , Description and travel, horseback riding, Stone carving, Borno State (Nigeria), Ife (Nigeria)

The British conquest of Burma began in 1824 in response to a Burmese attempt to invade India. By 1886, and after two further wars, Britain had incorporated the entire country into the British Raj. To stimulate trade and facilitate changes, the British brought in Indians and Chinese, who quickly displaced the Burmese in urban areas. To this day Rangoon and Mandalay have large ethnic Indian populations. Railways and schools were built, as well as a large number of prisons, including the infamous Insein Prison, then and now used for political prisoners. Burmese resentment was strong and was vented in violent riots that paralysed Rangoon on occasion all the way until the 1930s. Burma was administered as a province of British India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony. Burma finally gained independence from Britain on Jan. 4, 1948.

Sevilla. Nazareno.

Muteesa I Mukaabya Walugembe Kayiira (c. 1837-1884). 30th Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda (1856-1884). Portrait. Photogravure by André & Sleigh. "La conquista de Africa" (The conquest of Africa), by Alfredo Opisso. Volume III. Published in Barcelona (Spain) by Molinas y Maza editores, 1911.

Dance in Burma can be divided into dramatic, folk and village, and nat dances, each having distinct characteristics. Although Burmese dance has been influenced by the dance traditions of its neighbours, in particular Thailand, it retains unique qualities that distinguish it from other regional styles, including angular, fast-paced and energetic movements and emphasis on pose, not movement. Various types of Burmese music use an array of traditional musical instruments, assembled in an orchestra known as hsaing waing which the Burmese saing saya Kyaw Kyaw Naing has made more widely known in the West. Traditional folk music is atypical in Southeast Asian music, as it is characterized by sudden shifts in rhythm and melody as well as change in texture and timbre. Classical traditions of Burmese music are found in the Mahagita, an extensive collection of classical songs and are typically divided into indoor and outdoor ensembles. These songs tend to be about various legends in Pali and subse

A group of Albanian men in National Costume in Montenegro circa 1910s

Men with camels at the pyramid of Chefren and the Sphinx of Gizh, LL, c. 1900 - In or Before 1910 photomechanical print Part of photo album of a trip through Southern Europe and the Middle East. Giza paper collotype pyramid (historical grave form). sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Giza

The Assyrian people, most commonly known as Assyrians and other later names, such as: Ashuriyun, Atorayeh and Syriacs, are a distinct ethnic group whose origins lie in ancient Mesopotamia. They are Semitic people, who speak and write distinct dialects of Eastern Aramaic exclusive to Mesopotamia and its immediate surrounds. Assyrians trace their ancestry back to the Sumero-Akkadian civilisation that emerged in Mesopotamia circa 4000-3500 BCE, and in particular to the northern region of the Akkadian lands, which would become known as Assyria by the 24th century BCE. The Assyrian nation existed as an independent state, and often a powerful empire, from the 24th century BCE until the end of the 7th century BCE. Assyria remained a Geo-political entity after its fall, and was ruled as an occupied province under the rule of various empires from the late 7th century BC until the mid 7th century CE when it was dissolved, and the Assyrian people have gradually become a minority in their homeland

Ottoman Empire - Dervish Musicians - including two ney players, a zither player and Koranic reader (seated on beautiful carpet). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) mystic and poet. When the great Andalusian mystic Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi met Rumi (as a boy) with his Father in Baghdad he commented when he saw him walking away behind his Father How strange, there goes a Sea followed by an Ocean. The advancing Mon

Nicholas Roerich by the equestrian statue of Guga Chauhan at the Kullu Valley, Anonymous

The medal commemorating the marriage of King Faruk of Egypt(1920-1965) and Queen Farida(1921-1988). Date: January 1938

Tesuque Woman Making Rain Gods, Pueblo Tesuque, New Mexico still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Sculpture, Indians of North America , New Mexico, Sculptors

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