Indigenous Cultures of Africa

Historic depictions of various Indigenous African groups, showcasing traditional attire, weapons, and communal scenes amidst natural settings.

The expedition is received by King Mbang Mohammedou, 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

Menschentypen aus Kajoor bzw. Cayor, um 1880, heute Senegal, Westafrika, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904133

Central Africa. Indigenous from Ubujue, Uguha and Uhyeya. Drawing by Etienne Ronjat (1822-1912). Engraving by Charles Laplante. Africa inexplorada, el Continente Misterioso by Henry Morton Stanley, c. 1887.

HISTORIA DE AFRICA. INDIGENAS DEL OUGOGO. Hombre con traje de guerra. Grabado de "El Mundo Ilustrado" (año 1884) .

Engraving depicting a group of Khoisan people native to southwestern Africa. Dated 19th century

French emissary giving gifts to New Caledonian natives, New Caledonia. Old engraving illustration, Journey to New Caledonia by Jules Garnier

The Dayak or Dyak are native people of Borneo. 'Dayak' is a loose term for over 200 riverine and hill-dwelling ethnic subgroups, located principally in the interior of Borneo, each with its own dialect, customs, laws, territory and culture, although common distinguishing traits are readily identifiable. Dayak languages are categorised as part of the Austronesian languages in Asia. The Dayak were animist in belief; however many converted to Christianity, and some embraced Islam more recently. Estimates for the Dayak population range from 2 to 4 million.

DRESS AND ARMS OF THE NATIVES OF MADAGASCAR

Native Americans as described by travellers, with a bow for hunting, a canoe for fishing and a basket for gathering Date: 16th century

The expedition is received by King Mbang Mohammedou, 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

African indigenous people in 1880, men of the Mitall tribe from the area of Mvolo in the south of Sudan, on the left a Goggo, Mittou-Madi, in the middle a Kaffouloukkou, on the right a Ngama, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact date unknown

African porters and guides. Guinea-Bissau Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Journey through Senegambia and Portuguese Guinea by captain Henri Brossard-Faidherbe (1855-1893) from Le Tour du Monde 1889

Native Music and Dance in Oiapoque, Brazil, drawing by Riou from a sketch by Dr. Crevaux, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, 1880

'Thugs in the Gaol of Aurungabad', c1891. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York

Shaman in ritual mask, Central Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Journey from Zanzibar to Benguela by Verney Lovett Cameron, Le Tour du Monde 1877

Mojave Native American Indians. USA. Voyage of Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen from the Mississippi river to the shores of the Pacific Ocean 1853-1854. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

MAURITIUS, 1881: A HINDOO RELIGIOUS CEREMONY

Clothing in ancient Egypt, in the Ramesside period, 1350-1200 BC from left two Nubian archers and then three soldiers with common headscarf, heart-shaped front blade, thrusting knife, mace or stick and shield with eye hole, digitally enhanced reproduction of a 19th century illustration

An engraving depicting an Amazonian Indian using a blow-gun. Dated 19th century

Einheimische als Lastenträger, aus dem Gebiet des unteren Kongo, um 1880, Afrika, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903348

Funereal procession, red palanquin with reclining figure, 6 bearers and 3 attendants. 1780 - 1858. Drawings. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies

Typical traditional dance of Logone-Birni women, Cameroon. 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

Ronggeng is a type of Javanese and Malay social dance in which couples exchange poetic verses as they dance to the music of a rebab or violin and a gong. Ronggeng originated in Java, but also can be found in Sumatra and the Malay peninsula. Ronggeng probably has existed in Java since ancient times, the bas reliefs in Karmawibhanga section on 8th century Borobudur displays the scene of travelling entertainment troupe with musicians and female dancers. In Java, a traditional ronggeng performance features a traveling dance troupe that travels from village to village. The dance troop consists of one or several professional female dancers, accompanied by a group of musicians playing musical instruments: rebab and gong. The term 'ronggeng' is also applied to the female dancers. During a ronggeng performance, the female professional dancers are expected to invite some male audiences or clients to dance with them as a couple with the exchange of some tips of money for the female dancer, given

Native burden-bearers during an expedition in the Congo, historical woodcut, circa 1888

Ethnic groups of Oceania, indigenous Australians, historical illustration, 19th century

Costumes of the Wolof people of Senegal. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

Costumes of the Islamic people of Senegambia, 18th century. He wears a tunic and carries a musket and sword; she wears a long robe, shawl and hibab. A Moor, Moorish woman. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves LAfrique, Paris, 1814. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: Africa, A description of the manners and customs Moors of the Sahara and of the Negro Nations, R. Ackermann, England, 1821.

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

Six snake charmers displaying their snakes. Watercolour by an Indian artist.

Behanzin (d.1906) king of Dahomey (now Benin Republic) 1889-1894, seated, holding symbols of kingship, and surrounded by attendants. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 23 April 1892. Africa, Colonialism, French

'Indian of Paraguay; A visit to Paraguay during the war', 1875. From, 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London

Children's games in Kasanganga. The Last Journals of David Livingstone Scottish missionary and explorer, 1866-1873. Old engraving El Mundo en la Mano

Pacific Islands. New Zealanders, c. 1840. Indigenous polynesian people. Maori culture. Colored engraving. 19th century.

Native chief at Suva, Fiji island, Oceania. Travel to the Fiji Islands 1889 by Gerrit Verschuur (1840-1906) Le Tour du Monde 1890

Eugene son of indigenous chief Waton proclaimed chief of his tribe, New Caledonia. Old engraving illustration, Journey to New Caledonia by Jules Garnier

Australia people aborigines aborigine two men on rock giving sound signal wood engraving circa 1870,

Historical engraving, men from the Wahehe or Hehe tribe in German East Africa, now Tanzania, Africa, 1888

'Hashquahts; In pawn in an Indian village', 1875. Indigenous people of North America. From, 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London

Natives of the Pagi Islands, East Indian archipelago, historical illustration, circa 1886

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

'Natives of the Rovuma; The Finding of Dr. Livingstone', 1875. Men from the Ruvuma or Rovuma River area in the African Great Lakes region. Henry Morton Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingstone in the town of Ujiji, in what is now western Tanzania, on 10 November 1871. From, 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C.

Interior of an Abyssinian house, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by C. M'Dowall, assistant surgeon, of the 3rd Light Cavalry of the Bombay Army at the camp of Senafe. 'The owner...was a...municipal authority at Senafe, wearing, as a badge of...office, a black sheep's wool comforter, with hanging tails, fastened round his neck. In the front room...was this person, who entertained Mr. M'Dowall very hospitably...His Abyssinian host gave Mr. M'Dowall plenty of black bread and sour whey, the best fare which the place could afford, in addition to a piece of raw meat, which Mr. M'Dowall was invited to ea

South African natives with spears, animal skin coat, necklace. Negroes, Aborigines of Africa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Thomas Kelly, London, 1829.

A slave market in Martinique, early 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Band of male, female and child captives driven into slavery by Arab slave traders. Men are fastened together with slave forks. From "The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone" c1875. Chromolithograph

Witchell repels a Maori attach at Nukumaru.

Methods of torture in Africa: a man is forced to catch a very hot iron ring with his bare hands above a cauldron over a fire. Wood engraving by H.S. Melville.

Female slaves in Central Africa. 1895.

Ernest Grandier, a Zulu prisoner, stands naked and tied to a stake in front of the tribe and awaits the verdict of the chief to whom he was brought, 18th century.

Mexico, 19th century. Indians transporting coal. Lithograph by Lemercier.

Atahualpa, (1497 - 1533) last Inca (sovereign emperor) before the Spanish conquest. Seen here kneeling before the Spanish Conquistador Pissarro, during the Spanish conquest, the Spaniard Francisco Pizarro captured Atahualpa and used him to control the Inca Empire

Nubian Females: Kanoosee Tribe. Philae. In Oriental album : characters, costumes, and modes of life, in the valley of the Nile / with descriptive letter-press by James Augustus St. John ; illustrated from designs taken on the spot by E. Prisse.

Bedouin Shepherds, Syria, Photochrome Print, circa 1900

Great reception of the tribe in Kasongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Journey from Zanzibar to Benguela by Verney Lovett Cameron, Le Tour du Monde 1877

Old Persian gymnastics exercises. Iran. Old steel engraved antique print. Published in L'Univers La Perse, in 1841. History of the ancient Persian emp

geography/travel USA people Native Americans tribes Paiute family engraving after drawing by Gilbert 19th century American Indians North America,

Local woman from the Upper Niger region, 1896, Niger, Africa, illustration, reproduction from a model from the 19th century. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of submission unknown, Historic, four woman in traditional dresses and jewelry pose together

Ernest Grandier, a Zulu prisoner, stands naked and tied to a stake in front of the tribe awaiting the verdict of the chief to whom he has been brought, 18th century, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Hawaiian natives offer a sacrificial pig to Captain James Cook before 12 priests and a wooden idol in the sacred Orono house. 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.

The East India Company (also the East India Trading Company, English East India Company, and then the British East India Company) was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China. The oldest among several similarly formed European East India Companies, the Company was granted an English Royal Charter, under the name Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies, by Elizabeth I on 31 December 1600. It ceased to trade in 1857.

Indian Vaisha merchants. ;French; lithograph; India; By Marlet 1828. Vaisha are one of the four Varna's of the Hindu social order. Hindu religious texts assigned Vaisha to traditional roles in agriculture and cattle-rearing but over time they came to be landowners, traders and money-lenders.

1500s AIS INDIANS OF ATLANTIC FLORIDA COAST COLLECTING GOLD FROM THE RIVER DRAWING BY BELLOC 1842 LAMODE

An engraving depicting women grinding corn, Tigre, Abyssinia. Dated 19th century

Clothing, fashion in Central America, c. 1520, from left, priest of the rain god Tlaloc, then a sacrificial priest, one of the Mixtec tribe, the king, perhaps Montezuma, with gold diadem and feather ornament, and a priest of the Indian fakirs in the style of self-torture, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century original

Famine sufferers drown themselves in river Jamna aka Yamuna India Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

Johann Hürlimann, after Karl Bodmer, Sih Chidä and Mahchsi Karehde, 1841 Sih-Chidä and Mahchsi-Karehde

Porcession. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Abyssinian (today Ethiopia), 1880. Engraving.

Native Americans -- a scene in a Mandan village, with the Rainmaker on horseback. Date: circa 1855

natives of Ceram or Seram, the largest and main island of Maluku province of Indonesia. Dutch trading posts were opened in Seram, in the early 17th century, and the island came under nominal Dutch control c. 1650. In the 1780s

Dayak Festival in a traditional Longhouse, 1846, Dutch Borneo.

Nubian women at Kortie on the Nile, Egypt, around 1850, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Nubian women at Kortie on the Nile, Egypt, around 1850, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown .

1850s FRENCH ILLUSTRATION SHOWING NATIVE INDIGENOUS INDIAN PEOPLE AND TRIBES OF BOLIVIA

'Dervish and peasant women; A journey through Soudan and Western Abyssinia, with Reminiscences of Captivity', 1875. From, 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London

'Native American', California, 19th century.Artist: Gustave Boulanger

Isleño de NUEVAS HEBRIDAS. Grabado del s. XIX.

A Long Wahou Warrior, Borneo, circa 1880

Historia de Africa. Siglo XIX. Hombre de la tribu Bateke (cuenca del Alto Alima). Grabado. 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.

Second expedition of René de Goulaine de Laudonnière (c. 1510-1574) to Florida. June 1564. Athore, son of the chief of the Timucua Saturiwa, showing Laudonnière the stone column erected in 1562 by Jean Ribault (1520-1565) as a symbol of authority after the takeover of French Florida, with the coat of arms of France carved on it. Natives worshipping the column. Engraving by Theodor de Bry (1528-1578) after Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (1533-1588), 1591. Colorised.

Yunnan became part of the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) during 2nd century BCE. It became the seat of a Tibeto-Burman speaking kingdom known as Nanzhao in the 8th century. Nanzhao was multi-ethnic, but the elite most likely spoke a northern dialect of Yi, which became established as the prestige dialect (see Nuosu language). The Mongols conquered the region in the 13th century, with local control exercised by warlords until the 1930s. As with other parts of China's southwest, Japanese occupation in the north during World War II forced a migration of Chinese into the region. Ethnic minorities in Yunnan account for about 34 percent of its total population. Major ethnic groups include Yi, Bai, Hani, Zhuang, Dai and Miao.

Declaration of War, a Louisiana Native American, 1811. Native American Wars, United States, 19th century.

DEBRET, Jean Baptiste (1768-1848). Indians dancing at the San Jose Mission. Costumbrism. Litography.

Female peasant Ceylon Sri Lanka Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

An Indian porter carrying a large basket of luggage on his head. From a contemporary print, c.1935.

Burial of nails and hair of a Gran Man (native chief of Guyana) and his wife, Boni Indians tribe, French Guiana, Department of France, South America. Voyage of exploration in the interior of the Guianas 1877 by Jules Crevaux. Le Tour du Monde 1879

Enslaved Afro-Caribbean celebrating the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, August 1, 1838. One ex-slave with a shovel buries shackles. Engraving after a painting by Alexander Rippingille (BSLOC_2018_5_27)

'Moorish Peasant woman at a Well; Visit to the Sultan of Morocco, at Fez, in the spring of 1871', 1871. From, 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London

Natives of the island of Hawaii. Engraving, 19th century.

Woman of the Kanuri people, a people in the central Sudan zone and at Lake Chad, the state people of the old Bornu Empire, woman in the 19th century, ...

Death of a young Manyouema woman. Africa. Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1889 by Henry Morton Stanley (1841 - 1904) Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1890

A slave raid by Assouna tribes on a village in Senegal, 1800s. A man on horseback with sword chases a woman with child. In the background, houses are burning and villagers fleeing. Moors surprising a negro village. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves LAfrique, 1814. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: Africa, A description of the manners and customs Moors of the Sahara and of the Negro Nations, R. Ackermann, England, 1821.

Engraving showing a group of the Waganda, or Baganda, people of south-central Uganda playing musical instruments, early 1860's. Between 1860 and 1863 the British explorers, John Hanning Speke and James Augustus Grant, led an expedition to find the source of the Nile; finally proving, once and for all, that the Victoria Nyanza was the source of the river. During their journey they were fortunate to enjoy the hospitality of the Waganda people and their music. Date: 1863

Illustration showing ARCTIC AND TUNDRA REGIONS Ritual shaman dance. From a late 19th century French engraving

Kleidung, Mode in Afrika, Ägypten, von links, ein Diener, ein wanderndes Musikerpaar, ein Wasserverkäufer und zwei Frauen mit Gesichtsschleier beim Wa...

Pacific Islands. New Guinea. Papua warrior, C. 1880. Engraving. Later colouration.

The magician first walked around the square, vintage engraved illustration.

Conibos Indians of Peru Date: circa 1860

A Patagonian wigwam, 1869. Engraving of a sketch by '...Mr. F. L. Bedwell, of the Admiralty Surveying Department, who was lately engaged in the exploration of these parts by H. M. S. Nassau...The Patagonians, a wandering race of Indians...live in tents or toldos composed of the hides of guanacos, or llamas...As a race they are tall...Their present average stature is about six feet. They are intelligent and polite to strangers, and do not appear to feel any dislike towards the white race. Their colour is a sallow brown, and they have a mass of long, thick, black hair, which the men confine wi

Egypt. Public servants. Engraving. Color.

Indigenous Australian aborigines in 1850´s. Victoria, Australian states of Victoria, Australia. Souvenir of a French squatter in Australia by H. de Castella 1854-1856

Vietnam - Warriors of the Muong People from the Hoa Binh Province and the mountainous districts of Thanh Hoa Province in the north of the country. Date: circa 1910s

'A Burmese Band', c1891. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of India Vol. I.", by James Grant. Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York

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