Historical Indigenous Communities

Engravings depicting various indigenous communities in Africa, showcasing their traditional practices, attire, and interactions with explorers.

Guillaume Lejan arrest by order of Emperor Theodore, Ethiopia. Old XIX century engraved from Journey in Abyssinia Le Tour du Monde 1864

Guillaume Lejan arrest by order of Emperor Theodore, Ethiopia. Old XIX century engraved from Journey in Abyssinia Le Tour du Monde 1864

This drawing by Louis Delaporte is one of dozens he drew during his two-year venture (1866-68) with the Mekong Exploration Commission sponsored by the French Ministry of the Navy, the intention of which was to lay the groundwork for the expansion of French colonies in Indochina. Traveling the Mekong by boat, the small French delegation voyaged from Saigon to Phnom Penh to Luang Prabang, then farther north into the uncharted waters of Upper Laos and China's Yunnan province, before returning to Hanoi in 1868 by foot, accompanied by porters and elephants.

Widowed women, Massenya village. Kingdom of Baguirmi, Chad. Central Africa. Drawing by Ivan Pranishnikoff (1841 - 1909) Journey from Borno to Baguirmi 1872 by Dr. Gustav Hermann Nachtigal (1834 - 1885) Le Tour du Monde 1880

Native African indigenous people of the Hehe tribe, Iringa Region, Tanzania, East Africa. Drawing by Edouard Riou (1833 - 1900) The lakes of equatorial Africa, exploration voyage 1883-1885 by Victor Giraud (1858-1898) Le Tour du Monde 1886

A Musgu chief in his village, as encountered by Heinrich Barth Date: 1851

James Cook (1728-1779) English navigator, witnessing human sacrifice in Taihiti (Otaheite) c1773 during his second Pacific voyage 1772-1775. Engraving

History of Africa. 19th century. Housing and indigenous family. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre. Historia de los Trabajos y Exploraciones Verificados (The Congo and the Founding of its Free State. A Story of Work and Exploration), by Henry M. Stanley. Edited in Barcelona, ca.1890. Spain.

Street scene in Honda on the Rio Magdalena, 1880, Colombia, South America, Historical, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original from the 19th century.

Slave funeral at plantation, Suriname. Colored litho Th. Bray. Apparently the artist witnessed a burial among slaves. Slaves could arrange their own burials and perform the rituals that are part of it. From the posture of some of the persons one can see the dynamics that are part of it: people clap, move their arms, and dance. All people are dressed in white. The dead person lies in a wooden coffin, carried to the burial by two men. A little boy is blindfolded, a practice that occurred frequently. Suriname slave-origins are from Africa. Circa 1850

Captain Cook observing a human sacrifice in Otaheite (Tahiti), September 1777. After an engraving by William Woolett from a work by John Webber, published in 1784.

Mandalay Potters, engraving from the Universal Geography by Elisee Reclus, Burma 19th Century.

THE CENTRAL AFRICAN EXPEDITION: SOKO OR MARKET AT KAWELE, 1876

Naaukeurige en uitvoerige beschryving van kaap de Goede Hoop, Amsterdam, By B. Lakeman, 1727, South Africa, Natural History, Cape of Good Hope, Description and Travel, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, Khoi Khoi, African People, The scene depicts a vibrant gathering of individuals engaged in a musical celebration. Central to the image is a performer, likely a dancer, showcasing lively movements while surrounded by onlookers. Various instruments are prominently featured, indicating the cultural richness of the event. The background includes a serene landscape with rolling hills and trees, setting a natural and festive atmosphere. Participants in traditional attire play instruments, with some seated and others standing, creating a sense of community and shared joy in this musical expression. The overall composition highlights the importance of music and dance in cultural traditions.

Africa. Expedition of Stanley. Judicial practices or spells used in Central Africa to discover a thief. Engraving. Africa inexplorada, el Continente Misterioso by Henry Morton Stanley, c. 1887.

Sword dance by nomadic Bedouin Arabs near the valley of the kings in Thebes by Giovanni Battista Belzoni. Two women dance a traditional sword dance to musical accompaniment from a recorder and men clapping. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1834.

Cannibals of Central Africa in 1870, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886.

Royalty on Tour The Royal visit to India The Prince of Wales and The Governor of Goa way Cathedral Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Batu Khan or Batu Kan (1204-1255). Mongolian governor. Founder of the Blue Horder. Leader of the Golden Horde (Kanato Cumano) and the grandson of Ghengis Khan, the first Mongol to invade Russia. March of Batu Kan on the Don River. Mongolian domination in Russia. Engraving, 19th century.

HISTORY OF AFRICA. Slave market in Zanzibar. Engraving by Hildibrand. 1882.

Women from King Mutesa I palace being led to torture, Africa. Old XIX century engraved from Le Tour du Monde 1864

Barbers dressing hair in a clearing. Wood engraving.

The case of King Denis, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1865).

Customers drink and smoke in a spirit shop in South Africa. Wood engraving, c. 1877.

The David Sassoon industrial and reformatory institution 10th September 1850 Bombay now Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Slave traders in Kordofan, Sudan. Africa. Heart of Africa Three years travels and adventures in the unexplored regions of Central Africa by Georg August Schweinfurth, 1868-1871

DEBRET, Jean Baptiste (1768-1848). A Colourful and Historic Journey to Brazil. 1839. Garlic and onion sellers. Costumbrism. Litography. BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. Raymundo Ottoni de Castro Maya Museum.

Visite de condoléance chez Lansiri, à Kong., 1892., 1892., Paris. Publisher, Hachette et cie. West Africans, Côte d'Ivoire, Mourning etiquette

Christian church in Houagap, New Caledonia. Old engraving illustration, Journey to New Caledonia by Jules Garnier

Colonial Indian images our grief India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Ladanse ronde; circular dance of the Canadians.. Heriot, George, 1759-1839. Prints. 1807. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Folk dancing , Canada, Country dancing

Dog Dance of the Dakotas From "The American Aboriginal Portfolio" 1853 Seth Eastman (1808-1878 American) Newberry Library, Chicago

Costumes of the Tswana or Batswana (Bechuana), South Africa. Woman with baby on her back, man smoking hookah pipe of bamboo and cowhorn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

Mountainous landscape with a group of Khoikhoi in the foreground during a wedding ceremony In the center of the circle the bride and groom, the husband of whom is urinating on his wife, Marriage among Khoikhoi Huwelyks Plegtigheit der Hottentotten , print maker: Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1726, paper, etching, engraving, h 292 mm × w 169 mm

Umar I ibn Muhammad al-Amin, Umar of Bornu was Shehu (Sheik) of the Kanem-Bornu Empire and son of Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi, Chad, Central Africa. Drawing by Ivan Pranishnikoff (1841 - 1909) Journey from Borno to Baguirmi 1872 by Dr. Gustav Hermann Nachtigal (1834 - 1885) Le Tour du Monde 1880

The methods of carrying the Nobility and Comonality of Congo.. Illustrations. 1810. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Ethnology , Africa, Africa, North

The smallest country in South America, Suriname's diversity began in the 16th century when French, Spanish and English explorers visited the area. A century later, plantation colonies were established by the Dutch and English along the many rivers in the fertile Guyana plains. Disputes aroseas everbetween the Dutch and the English. In 1667, the Dutch decided to keep the nascent plantation colony of Suriname from the English, resulting from the Treaty of Breda. The English were left with New Amsterdam, a small trading post in North America, which later became New York City. As a plantation colony, Surinam was still heavily dependent on manual labor, and to make up for the shortfall, the Dutch brought in contract laborers from the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) and India (through an arrangement with the British). In addition, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, small numbers of mostly men were brought in from China and the Middle East. Although Suriname's population re

Old Inn of the Crosses, Bogota. Colombia. South America. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Journey to Colombia by Edward Francois Andre, Le Tour du Monde 1877

Interior of a native village or 'Pa' in New Zealand, circa 1852, England, by John Gilfillan.

Dog Dance of the Dacotahs, 1849, Seth Eastman, American, 1808-1875, 6 3/4 × 10 1/8 in. (17.15 × 25.72 cm) (image), Watercolor, United States, 19th century, Seth Eastman owned an early daguerreotypea coincidence since a relative founded Eastman Kodak in the 1890sand may have used it to record this scene. Native people attached immense cultural meaning to the power of the photograph, which may account for the startled looks on the men near the middle (one pointing, one crouching). In the Dog Dance, Dakota villagers attempted to absorb canine virtues (Dakota people greatly admired dogs) by eating the heart and liver of a newly sacrificed dog. This prize had to be grabbed from the pole with teeth, not hands, as the picture shows. Other dancers mimic dog behavior.

Fountain of the Virgin Nazareth, Israel April 21st 1839

c.1784 Art/Colored Engraving, Hawaii, Kauai, Inland view of Atooi (Heiau) village of Waimea with native people, John Webber

Lithographic portraits different people right negro queen s man Hindu aden policeman hindu woman sumaulay Arab girl Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Burmese washing with water from a well in a market place in Mandalay. Wood engraving.

Departure from Loango, July 1896. Scene during a trade mission in Africa in the period of European colonisation. African porters prepare luggage for a European in what is now the Congo. At that time large parts of Africa were under French rule. Card produced by the Monastery of Aiguebelle.

Various sects of Hindu priests or Brahmin with their religious paraphernalia at a river bank. Identified as priests of Sceroteri, Canoge, Drauers, Brijbashi and Uriah. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Batelli, Florence, 1843.

Indians in Council, 1850, Seth Eastman, American, 1808-1875, 8 5/16 × 10 15/16 in. (21.11 × 27.78 cm) (image)9 3/4 × 12 5/8 in. (24.77 × 32 cm) (sheet), Watercolor, United States, 19th century, Seth Eastman may have used this picture-perfect chief and the council theme as an excuse to make candid portraits of these Dakota villagers. Many brought their long-stemmed pipes, signs of hospitality. The blue-and-white striped blanket worn by the figure seated below the person in orange (standing near the chief) could be a Hudson Bay blanket, underscoring the cosmopolitan exchange of goods that characterized the lives of Native people. Far from static or isolated, they benefited from lively trade routes that brought the worlds goods to their door. They also bent those goods to their own creative ends. The seated figure near the tipis flap showed his individualism by sticking feathers in the top of a fedora.

The Democrats Finding Their Moses, from Puck 1858-1894 United States. Color lithograph on newsprint . Joseph Keppler

Scene in a Persian Village, South Persia (Iran). Date: circa 1910s

c.1839 Art/Book Illustration, Hawaii, Big Island, Temple of Keawe, Dumont D´urville

Overseer whipping slaves on a sugar cane plantation in Jamaica 37, free man and woman of Jamaica in their finery 38, and King Henri Christophe of Haiti in 1807 39. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in America, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, John Harris, London, 1821.

Costume of a Singhalese woman in Sri Lanka. A man sheltering from the rain under a talipot palm leaf and a seated man drinking from a vase. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Robert Knox from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

Liberation of Jewish slaves: a woman and a young man embrace a bearded man dressed in robes, others travel on the road with camels. Engraving by C.H. Jeens after H. Le Jeune, 1847.

Crowd listening to recital and commentary on the Mahabharata, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.

Colored skiolet icon with motifs from the Orient.

GRABADO-DANZA DE CAMPESINOS BULGAROS DURANTE LA DOMINACION OTOMANA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Tiberias and the Sea of Galilee. Engraving by Emile Rouargue. Later colouration. ""La Tierra Santa y los lugares recorridos por los profetas, por los apostoles y por los cruzados"" (The Holy Land and the sites traversed by the prophets, by the apostles and by the crusaders). Published in Barcelona by the printing house of Joaquin Verdaguer, 1840.

Maori chiefs recognise British sovereignty by signing the Treaty of Waitangi

Henry Morton Stanley's meeting with Emin Pasha in 1888 during his journey through central Africa. Lithograph.

The Landing of Captain Cook at Middleburgh. Circa 1770s from engravings of Cook's second voyage in south Pacific

Funeral rites of the Xhosa and Khoikhoin people of South Africa. A body carried into a tomb by a crowd of mourners. 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.

Exhibition of native gold nuggets, proceeding from the mines discovered on the banks of the river Kaap (province of Natal). Durban. South Africa. Colored engraving of "The Spanish and American Illustration" (1886).

Three Labsters, Esaias Boursss, 1662 Three men are outside an uneven terrain. The man on the left is wearing a knee rug (veshti, lungi), twisted and tucked up at the waist. He has folded arms and holds a felt hat (Toppiya) with his hands for his uncovered torso. He has short wavy hair; No beard growth. The man in the middle is the most prominent drawn - right from the front and with his right hand in the side. He also wears a knee long double -beaten hip rug in the waist jar. Above that an open hanging shirt (kamisayas) with torn sleeves. He is wearing a damaged felt hat (Toppiya) - at the top is a hole - that is too big in front of his head and hangs on his ears. The right man is wearing the same knee rug, also shed and a worn shirt. The visible left sleeve is completely torn loose. His bald head is uncovered. Given the hats and shirts they wear, these men are probably applying from Jaffna, and put to the reconstruction in Colombo. Page 16 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets. Sri Lanka

Trajes y objetos domesticos, de culto y de musica de los Hebreos Hottenroth, Friedrich, b. 1840. still image. 1894. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Captives, Jewish decoration and ornament, Jews , Clothing & dress, Jews , History

History of Africa. 19th century. Native Bondei people of Bonde. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre. Historia de los Trabajos y Exploraciones Verificados (The Congo and the Founding of its Free State. A Story of Work and Exploration), by Henry M. Stanley. Edited in Barcelona, ca.1890. Spain.

Navajoe Dance, Old Fort Defiance, New Mexico.. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

Man and woman of the Land of Fire or Tierra del Fugo, 1818. Yaghan people wearing sea-calf skin cloaks and woven skirts. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton, Harvey and Darton, London, 1818. Venning wrote educational books on geography, conchology and mineralogy in the early 19th century.

Africa. Elephant tusks brought from the inland by Captain Lugard. Dualla, a famous caravan leader, in the foreground. 19th century. Photogravure by André & Sleigh. Colorised.

Burial, 1822, by Chamberlain, Brazil 19th Century.

Beggar's Dance, 1849-1855, Seth Eastman, American, 1808-1875, 6 1/4 × 8 15/16 in. (15.88 × 22.7 cm) (image)9 9/16 × 12 3/4 in. (24.29 × 32.39 cm) (sheet), Watercolor, United States, 19th century, This event is a serious fundraiser. Pulsing with purpose, the group performs and cajoles to get the audience to contribute goods to those in needhence the name 'Beggar’s Dance.' In some communities, giving away one’s belongings demonstrated great depth of spirit and generosity. Could the pile at right be donations' Helping to rally excitement are the feather-lined standard and the feather bustles tied around the dancers’ waists. This traditional regalia invoked the power of birds and added a kinetic element to the dance.

Kurdish Princess Kara Fatma, Iraq. Journey to Babylon by Guillaume Lejean 1866 from Le Tour du Monde 1867

Entrance of Cortez into Mexico.

Chiefts or the Namaqualand region. Family of the Little Namaquas, with tribal head captein Ñoébe, called Wildschut.

Vid Bukaresta, stolitsy Valakhii; Petrovskaia iarmarka v Valakhii. Timm, Vasili Fëdorovich, 1820-1895. still image. Prints. 1851 - 1862. Rare Book Division. Russia , Social life and customs, Russia , History, Arts, Russian

GRABADO-CAMPESINOS RECOLECTORES DE ALGODON EN GEORGIA.

The dead body of Tee, one of the chiefs of the island of Otaheite (Tahiti) Engraving by W. Byrne after J. Webber, 1780/1785.

Folklore. Argentina. Buenos Aires. 19th century. Traditional dance "Cielito". Lithograph of a watercolor by Carlos Enrique Pellegrini, 1831. National Historical Museum. Buenos Aires. Argentina.

Gelina tribal home in Kanala, New Caledonia, illustration by Smeeton Tilly from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1696, Volume LXVI, August 28, 1875.

Captain James Wilson on the island of Otahite; The Cession of Matavai (in Tahiti) to Captain James Wilson; The Cession of the District of Matavai in The Island of Otaheite to Captain James Wilson for the Use of the Missionaries Sent Thither by That Society in The Ship Duff. Captain Wilson and his consequence of missionaries meet residents of Tahiti on the island of Otahite. Title and assignment in English in undermarge.

Man & woman of St. John's in their best habits; Man and woman of the Island of St. John. Prints, Illustrations. 1745 - 1747. Rare Book Division. Cape Verde, Men , Clothing & dress , Africa, Women , Clothing & dress , Africa

The Bayaderes,' 1838. Depicts devadāsīs and dancers from 19th century India, along with musicians. The artwork is a lithograph in black and white, with dimensions of 33 x 27 cm or smaller

1827 illustration depicting Ethiopian tribal feast

THE MANIPUR EXPEDITION

James Cook (1728-79) English navigator, explorer, and hydrographer receiving ritual tribute from Sandwich Islanders, 1779, during his third Pacific voyage. Hand-coloured engraving 1832.

Man and Woman of Cazegut, the largest of the islands of the Bijagos Archipelago (Bissau, Guinea), West Africa. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century. Date: 1818

A Khoi Kraal with Dancers and Musicians. Khoi bead with dancers and musicians, cattle molken in the background and two dogs in the foreground.

A funeral procession of a not very popular person passes through the streets. Date: 1856

Landing of Amerigo Vespucci on the Continent, 15011502. Vespucci's exploration of Brazil and the West Indies established that a newly found large landmass, Brazil, was not near Asia, as thought by Columbus, but were a separate continent previously unknown to Europe (BSLOC_2020_1_85)

San Francisco's Chinatown was the port of entry for early Hoisanese and Zhongshanese. Chinese immigrants from the southern Guangdong province of China from the 1850s to the 1900s. The area was the one geographical region deeded by the city government and private property owners which allowed Chinese persons to inherit and inhabit dwellings within the city.

Untitled, Seven Mewatis, recruits for the regiment of Skinner's Horse. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes, and tribes of India, 1825. A view on Hindu and Muslim occupational groups

The brahmin, sitting in a tree, keeps the children of Vessantara tied up all night, and in the morning takes them on the road. Watercolour.

A man and woman of Japan. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century. Date: 1818

people ethnology Africa African people colour lithograph by G. M»tzel Meyers Encyclopedia 5th volume 1894,

Hindustan Engraving vol III p 72. the Bridegroom conducted in state to the house of the Bride 1822.

Solemn funeral of a seven month = child, Samuel Stern, publisher

Babushka Kuzminishna ugoshchaet frantsuzkikh maroderov shchami.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

A woman and two men at a hookah shop. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.

The land council was a judicial body in the Dutch East Indies. It was the ordinary court for both indigenous people in civil and criminal cases and for non-European foreigners in criminal cases.

A gathering at the ceremonial drinking of kava in the Friendly Islands. Engraving by W. Sharp after J. Webber.

Hindus sitting in front of Saint Zebu according to Franz Ulrich. A clip from a German magazine Hofmann, E., Ulrich, Franz (1851 )

Shamarpa, Regent of TIbet, brother of the Panchen Lama, Lobsang Palden Yeshe. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis from Captain Samuel Turners Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet, 1800. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzognos Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817.

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