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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

People of New Holland of the Malaysian race (Menschen aus Neu-Holland von der Malayischen Race), circa 1800, maker unknown. Acquisition history unknown.

Man and Woman of Easter Island, Pacific Ocean. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century. Date: 1818

Africa. Ethiopia. Abyssinian girls, 1880. Engraving. Later colouration.

Indian chief with tattoo, Sioux, America, around 1820, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Utimuni nephew of Zulu warrior hero and chief Shaka Zulu from G.F. Angas. Images taken from the kafirs Illustrated , 1849. Author: G. F. ANGAS.

Columbus presenting gifts to the first natives to greet him on his landing in the New World. 1492. Coloured lithograph, 1827.

Muteesa I of Buganda (1837-1884). 30th Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, from 1856-1884. (at present Uganda). Engraving. Portrait. Africa inexplorada, el Continente Misterioso by Henry Morton Stanley, c. 1887.

Africa. Arab skin traders, c. 1880. Tanzania. Engraving. Later Colouration. 19th century.

Brazil. 16th century. Cannibals preparing the meal. French engraving by Prot and drawing by Demoraine, 1844.

America. Mexico. Natives of Southern Mexico, c. 1840. Engraving. Colored.

Folk traditional costume, clothing, history of costumes, Dajak warrior and princess from Borneo, 1885, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Historical drawing from the U.S. history, Native American in the 17th century

Illustration depicting thugs with a cage of rats, these were used to eat their prisoners alive as a form of torture. Dated 19th Century

Women of the King Harem of Dahomey, Central Africa, Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863

King Mongkut of Siam and his principal wife, c. 1864, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Egypt. Public servants. Engraving. Color.

Women, Types from the Upper Nile Region, Girl from Manyema, Abyssinian, Sudan, Women in the 19th century, Historical, Digitally restored reproduction ...

Nègres cangueiros; Différentes nations nègres, created by Jean Baptiste Debret between 1834 and 1839. The artwork depicts various Black individuals from different African nations engaged in lifting and carrying activities, showcasing aspects of social life and customs in Brazil. Notable groups represented include Congolese, Angolans, and individuals from Mozambique. Hairstyles and traditional attire are also featured prominently. The piece was published in Paris by Firmin Didot Frères

History of the United States of America. Native American council and conquistadors meeting around a fire. Engraving by Vernier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amerique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850. Later colouration.

Punishment of Black Slaves in the South of the United States, Winkles, Henry

Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814) was a French naturalist and explorer who made several voyages to Southeast Asia between 1769 and 1781. He published this two-volume account of his voyage of 1774-81 in 1782. Volume 1 deals exclusively with India, whose culture Sonnerat very much admired, and is especially noteworthy for its extended discussion of religion in India, Hinduism in particular. Volume 2 covers Sonnerat's travels to China, Burma, Madagascar, the Maldives, Mauritius, Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), Indonesia, and the Philippines. The book is illustrated with engravings based on Sonnerat's drawings. Among the most interesting illustrations are Sonnerat's pictures of various Hindu deities. Sonnerat was also a dedicated ornithologist and bird collector, and the book describes and depicts a number of species that he was the first to identify.

Jeunes indigènes Nelle Calédonie , Indigenous peoples, Dance, Kanak New Caledonian people, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Scene from the biblical story, The story of David and Goliath is from the Old Testament of the Bible and describes the unlikely victory of a young shepherd over a huge warrior, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historical, around 1900

Mapuches. Group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. Bridal dance. Engraving, 18th century.

A Niam-Niam medicine man or shaman, equatorial Africa. Halftone after R. Buchta.

Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814) was a French naturalist and explorer who made several voyages to Southeast Asia between 1769 and 1781. He published this two-volume account of his voyage of 1774-81 in 1782. Volume 1 deals exclusively with India, whose culture Sonnerat very much admired, and is especially noteworthy for its extended discussion of religion in India, Hinduism in particular. Volume 2 covers Sonnerat's travels to China, Burma, Madagascar, the Maldives, Mauritius, Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), Indonesia, and the Philippines. The book is illustrated with engravings based on Sonnerat's drawings. Among the most interesting illustrations are Sonnerat's pictures of various Hindu deities. Sonnerat was also a dedicated ornithologist and bird collector, and the book describes and depicts a number of species that he was the first to identify.

'Ethnology, Races of Man', 1800-1900.Artist: R Anderson

THE DEATH CRY, ca. 1852, lithograph after a painting by Seth Eastman. A Native American holds a knife and scalp over a dead man's body. The victim appears to wear Indian clothing, including leather leggings, a breechcloth, and a striped fabric shirt. Next to his body is his fallen metal hatchet (BSLOC_2019_9_95)

Meskwaki braves performing the Dance to the I-coo-coo-a (Berdashe or mixed gender), a medicine man in woman's clothes. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.

Portrait of Susi, David Livingstone's faithful servant, Ujiji, Tanzania, travel and exploration by Henry Morton Stanley, expedition how I found Living

Henri Mouhot (May 15, 1826 November 10, 1861) was a French naturalist and explorer of the mid-19th century. He was born in Montbéliard, Doubs, France - near the Swiss border, but spent his childhood in Russia and possibly, parts of Asia. He died near Naphan, Laos. He is remembered mostly in connection to Angkor. Mouhot's tomb is located just outside of Ban Phanom, to the east of Luang Prabang.

The discovery of Moses. Book of Exodus. Engraving. 19th century. Color.ç. Author: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

A man of the Marquesas Islands, tattooed from top to toe Date: 1850

MERCADO DE ESCLAVOS AFRICANOS Y CONTRABANDO DE ARMAS EN TRIPOLI-LIBIA- SIGLO XIX LITOGRAFIA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Hairstyles of the natives of Oujiji region. Tanzania. Africa. Journey to the Great Lakes of East Africa, 1857-1859 by British explorer Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) Le Tour du Monde 1860

Clothing of the West Asians in Antiquity, North, digitally enhanced reproduction of a 19th century illustration, from left, Bedouins, nomadic hunters and herders with colourful apron and leather sandals, a Bedouin woman in colourful cloak, a Syrian or Canaanite from the end of the XVIIIth Dynasty, perhaps a wealthy merchant, then a man of a primitive ancient tribe from South Palestine and a man from Retenu, Palestine. Dynasty, perhaps a wealthy merchant, then a man of a tribe from southern Palestine, a man of a primitive, ancient tribe from southern Palestine and a man from Retenu, Palestine or Syria

native dancing in sandwich islands, plate from book on james cook's, voyages, 1785

Native of North America. Ponca Indians roasting fish. French engraving, 1844. Colored.

Indios del Darien - Rep. of Panama - Darien Indians - Rep. of Panama , Indigenous peoples, Choco Indians, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

A Binsa sorcerer or shaman, Congo. Halftone.

The Sorrows of Job or Job, Biblical Story, 1869, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Papagos. In: 'United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Report of William H. Emory ' Washington. 1857. The Tohono Oíodham (Papagos) Native Americans from the Sonoran Desert of eastern Arizona and northwestern Mexico.

Clothing, fashion in South America, the Inca in Peru in the 15th -16th centuries, from left, a distinguished man with shawl, a distinguished warrior, a distinguished warrior in feather dress, a distinguished man in white woolen robe, a warrior with helmet and a man from the lower stratum of the Hatunruna, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Fakir in India is worshipped by a woman kneeling in front of him, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century model, exact date of depiction unknown, historical, a man standing with a raised hand, a woman kneeling next to him, a temple in the background and boats on the river

A horsegroom and his wife offering him horse feed. Gouache drawing.

A Niam-Niam medicine man or shaman, equatorial Africa. Halftone after R. Buchta.

Bringing in the Harvest, Hopi Pueblo still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indians of North America

Maoris of New Zealand. After an early 19th century print.

'Snake Charmer'. Creator: Unknown.

The learned Abbas Gregorius, an Amharic Ethiopian, and Hausa man of west Africa. Handcoloured lithograph from James Cowles Prichard's Natural History of Man, Balliere, London, 1855.

Three Hindu ascetics, or holy men: above, a man lying on a bed of nails; below left, a man seated in the lotus position with withered arms raised above his head; below right, a man seated in the lotus position holding a trident. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman, 1809.

Sayces, Tribal Herdsmen of Cairo region, Illustration from the Book, "From Pharaoh to Fellah" by C.F. Moberly Bell with Illustrations by Georges Montbard, engraved by Charles Barbant, Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co., London, 1888

Traditional house of the Awa Indians. Nariño Department. Colombia, South America. Journey through Equinoctial America 1875-1876 by Edward Francois Andre. Le Tour du Monde 1879

Native of North America. Ponca Indians roasting fish. French engraving, 1844. Colored.

Plower in Pulla Caste, from Indian Trades and Castes ca. 1840 Anonymous, Indian, 19th century Indian. Plower in Pulla Caste, from Indian Trades and Castes 386445

Novices, Buddhist temple students, 1880, historical woodcut, Thailand, Asia

A member of the Vaishya caste holding a bunch of bananas with his wife holding a betel leaf. Gouache drawing.

Zubereitung des Kava-Kava oder Kawa-Kawa, ein traditionelles Getränk des westpazifischen Raume, das vor allem als Zeremonialgetränk bei religiösen und...

Scene from the biblical story, The Prodigal Son, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historical, around 1900

Clothing, fashion in Java, Javanese costumes, from left, musician accompanying the dance, then a dancer, then a saleswoman and a Javanese man, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original.

Grossmonger, in Low Cast of Malabar, from Indian Trades and Castes ca. 1840 Anonymous, Indian, 19th century Indian. Grossmonger, in Low Cast of Malabar, from Indian Trades and Castes 386448

Seminole Indian Babies, Florida , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Servants preparing food for banquet given by Solomon for the Queen of Sheba, 19th century Ethiopian

Description: Jukun (Kwora) africa

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writer with the missionary James Chalmers and a group of natives in Samoa, circa 1890. Date: 1850 - 1894

Starving natives in the presidency of Madras, East India, reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally restored, Historical, Starving natives in the presidency of Madras, East India, reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally improved, historical

ALBUM FILIPINO - TRAJES Y COSTUMBRES DE MANILA - INDIOS DE LAS CERCANIAS DE MANILA - LITOGRAFIA SIGLO XIX. Author: GIRAUDIER BALTASAR / RIBELLES J. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

Sri Lanka - Basket Trick - Conjurers (called 'jugglers' on the card) place a woman inside a large wicker basket from whence she would (I imagine) disappear, much to everyone's surprise! Date: circa 1907

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