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Tribal Warriors and Cultural Icons

Illustrations of tribal leaders and warriors in traditional dress, showcasing their attire, weapons, and cultural identity from historical perspectives.

Pueblo warrior Date: 1862

Tribal chief, New Zealand, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 450, Volume XVIII, October 9-16, 1851.

Charles Bowman, Cigar Store Indian, c 1937 Cigar Store Indian

Indian of the nation of Shawanoes (Shawnee) was an Algonquian-speaking North American Indian people who lived in the central Ohio River Valley.

Pueblo warrior Date: 1862

Atoni warrior of Kupang, West Timor, Indonesia. His back is decorated with tall plant fronds and feathers, and he wears a number of bells representing each man he has killed. He wears a bandana, jacket, tai muti hip-cloth and anklets, carries a musket. Geurrier de Timor (Amfoang). Oceanie. Handcoloured woodcut from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.

Gyeung, mother of the new Teshoo Lama or Panchen Lama, Palden Tenpai Nyima. 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.

Ethel Dougan, Cigar Store Indian, c 1937 Cigar Store Indian

Tribesman of the Tunguska river region in Central Russia 1750

Bedelknik Philippus de Rebaldis; Street groups of Rome. The monk Philippus the rebaldis as a beggar. In his hands a crucifix and a basket full of stones. On the left a tree stump with a coat of arms. Five lines of Latin text and assignment in undermarge.

Man of Lahore (Punjab) in black suit, turban and cape, carrying a bow. Handcoloured woodcut by SB from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde," Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.

Gerald Transpota, Cigar Store Indian, c 1939 Cigar Store Indian

A Chief of Aneiteum, frontispiece, 1863. Melanesians, Ni-Vanuatu. Wood engravings

Old Norse Viking Chief. Engraving from a 1881 magazine

1800s OSCEOLA NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF SEMINOLE INDIAN STANDING WITH FLINTLOCK RIFLE CIRCA 1854

Souraki warrior from New Zealand from N. Dally, Customs and Costumes of the Peoples of the World, Turin 1845

Abyssinian rifleman, Ethiopia. Old 19th century engraved, Narrative of a Journey through Abyssinia by Guillaume Lejean from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

A medieval Teutonic Knight of Poland, member of the Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, founded 1190. Date: circa 13th century

Wa-Na-Ta. Grand Chief Of The Sioux (1838), Indians, Historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King (1785, 1862), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Chris Makrenos, Cigar Store Indian, c 1937 Cigar Store Indian

The Peoples of Russia: Prince of Little Kabarda, coloured lithograph 1813. Kabardans, one of the Circassian peoples from the northwest Caucasus, finally who became Russian in 1825. Fashion Dress Traditional Gun Musket Sword Bow

Inca warrior. Trujillo del Peru Codex, Sheet 28. Madrid, Library of the Royal Palace. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

MOCTEZUMA I. EMPERADOR AZTECA ENTRE 1440-1469. GRABADO DE " HISTORIA DE LA CONQUISTA DEL PERU" DE ANTONIO SOLIS. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Shuja Shah Abdali Durrani (1785-1842), also known as Shoja Shah, was the fifth Emir of Afghanistan, first ruling the Durrani Empire from 1803 to 1809. After he forced the deposition of his brother Zaman Shah in 1801 by having him blinded, he proclaimed himself King of Afghanistan, but did not formally ascend until 1803, after defeating his half-brother Mahmud Shah.

Old vintage painting of woman, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Beggar with a rosary, from The Beggars (Le mendiant aurosaire). Artist: Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635

An old Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with left arm raised above his head, and overgrown fingernails. Gouache painting, ca. 1880 ().

King Philip, History of the Discovery of America, of the landing of our forefathers at Plymouth, and of their most remarkable engagements with the Indians in New England, etc., 19th century engraving, US, America

Murat, Chef Ethiopien.. 1800 - 1899. Prints. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Nobility , Clothing and dress, Ethiopians, Rulers

Traditional costume, clothing, a king of the Moors in the Orient around 1700, copperplate engraving by Caspar Luyken from 1703, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century original.

COLLECTION OF SUITS-1777-INDIA OF PERU-ENGRAVING 18TH CENTURY. Author: CRUZ CANO Y OLMEDILLA JUAN DE LA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Native American of Florida wearing a colourful leather robe, a neck ornament, a bow, arrows and a hair ornament, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period.

The President's President Monseigneur, / who has become an active citizen Malgè him. (IT)

An Indian musician playing a nose flute. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Indians, historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King 1785 - 1862, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Meemmed el-Fatih, Fatih Sultan Mehmed, Mehmed II Fatih (1432-1481), Ottoman sultan, It was the seventh sultan of the house of Osman, dynasty of the Osmanlíes. Iran. Old steel engraved antique print. Published in L'Univers La Perse, in 1841. History of the ancient Persian empire

Turkish janissary.

Beggar with a Serpent, China - Costumes & Occupations

Shau-Hau-Napo-Tinia. An Ioway chief by John Bowen, approximately 1801-1856

Minitaree chief, smoking a pipe Date: circa 1830

Boleslaw I., King of Poland.

Mon-Ka-Ush-Ka. A Sioux Chief 1838, Indian, historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King 1785 - 1862, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Mendicant Priest or Fakir - Hinduism - India circa 1910s

Traditional traditional costume, clothing, one of the Carpathian mountain freebooters called corals, c. 1704, Carpathians, Romania, copperplate engraving by Caspar Luyken from 1703, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century model, Europe

A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a short saffron robe and tigerskin. Gouache painting, ca. 1880 ().

Portrait of a Seminole native American Indian chief, Noco-shimatt-tash-tanaki, translated as Grisly Bear, c.1858. The Chief is seen wearing a magnificent short jacket, headscarf and tasselled belt. Date: 1858

Montezuma II Aztec Emperor of Mexico

17th century depiction of teh emperor of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) possibly Fasilides 1603 - 18 October 1667) was ngusä nägäst (1632 - 1667) of Ethiopia. A member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Susenyos I and Empress Sultana Mogassa, born at Magazaz in Shewa before 10 November 1603.

Chaka, the Chief of the Amazulu, who made the nation the terror of the whole of Easteern South-Africa. He was murdered in 1828 and succeeded by his half-brother Dingaan.

History of Africa. 19th century. Messenger carrying a 'mukanda'. This represented, in terms of credit, a great progress in the regions of the Congo, as it facilitated the operations of the trader and the explorer's enterprises. It was a kind of debit note which the trader or explorer gave to the chieftain to whom it was convenient to make a gift or to the native to whom a service was to be paid. It indicated the goods to be delivered to the bearer, the trading station or factory where they were to be paid for, the date and the signature. Even if the natives did not understand what was written on the mukanda, they were fully assured that a white man would not deceive them and that the European's signature was similar to a solemn oath. 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.18

This illustration titled "New England Witch Doctor" dates to around 1906.

Ma-Has-Kah 1837, Indian, historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King 1785-1862, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

Michael Riccitelli, Cigar Store Indian, c 1938 Cigar Store Indian

MOCTEZUMA I. EMPERADOR AZTECA ENTRE 1440-1469. GRABADO DE " HISTORIA DE LA CONQUISTA DEL PERU" DE ANTONIO SOLIS. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Apauly-Tustennuggee (1843), Native American, Historical Native American tribes from North America, Charles Bird King (1785, 1862), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Tariq ibn Ziyad (670-722). Muslim General of the Berber tribe of Nafza who led the Muslim conquest of the Visigothic Hispania. Engraving. Colored.

A oil monger carrying a basket with pots filled with oil on his head. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.

Timpoochee Barnard. An Uchee Warrior (1838), Native American, Historical Native American tribes from North America, Charles Bird King (1785, 1862), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Man of the Samoan Islands, 19th century. Portrait of a Samoan man brought to England by the missionary, Rev. Stair. Handcoloured lithograph by J. Bull from James Cowles Prichard's Natural History of Man, Balliere, London, 1855.

Nah-ET-Luc-Hopia 1843, Indian, historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King 1785-1862, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Professions in Constantinople, Turkey, in 1880, Broom merchant, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Asia

Central Africa, A chief mougou, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1858.

A peacock seller in India. Peacocks are sold for their meat and feathers. From a contemporary print, c.1935.

Averroes (1126-1198). Ibn Rushd. Medieval Andalusian Muslim polymath. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

Jesuit missionary in China, 1845, engraving by Adolphe Wahlen from the Customs and traditions of Asia.

Native man with bow, arrows and spear Date: 19th century

Kalmut pheasant and priest. Travels Through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire in the Years 1793 and 1794.

Averroes (1126-1198). Ibn Rushd. Medieval Andalusian Muslim polymath. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

MacPhee, Scottish Clans

Bowing cotton in China to remove seeds, dirt and knots and to make it soft and downy. Stipple engraving, London, 1812.

A man carrying a model of a tomb (), decorated with prayer beads. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Jalāludin Mohammed Akbar, Akbar the Great, 15 October 1542, 27 October 1605, was Grand Mogul of India from 1556 to 1605 and, along with Ashoka, is considered one of the two most important rulers in the country's history, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

EMPEROR CUITLAHUAC brother of Moctezuma II Ruler of Tenochtitlan, but only from July to September 1520

Arab Dervish from Egypt. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth. Within the Islamic tradition such people are often known as Sufis, Sufi, people of the way or mystics and they come from every strata of society; here monetary considerations are inapplicable since the situation is that of a deep personal inner spiritual longing. There are in existence a number Sufi Orders many of which bear the name of a great saint and within th

mayan statue of a priest; circa 900 AD

An allegorical representation of the Americas in the form of a seated Indian woman in a feathered skirt and headdress holding a bow and a severed human leg. Human activities include scenes of cannibalism, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period.

DJANGAL, NATIVE OF THE SIRGOUJA. India

Wa-Kawn-Ha-Ka, A Winnebago Chief (1841), Native American, Historical Native American tribes from North America, Charles Bird King (1785, 1862), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

A Buddhist monk () carrying a trident over his shoulders. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.

Hindu myth of Dasavataram or Vamanavataram in the form of a dwarf. Lord Vishnu as appeared as Vamanavataram and began to grow to a great height and with one step he covered the whole earth, with his second step he covered the entire sky and region above. ;French; lithograph; India; By Marlet 1829

COLECCION DE TRAJES DE ESPAÑA-1777-JIBARO DE PUERTO RICO-GRABADO S XVIII-TIPOS POPULARES. Author: CRUZ CANO Y OLMEDILLA JUAN DE LA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Portrait of a man from the Beni Hassan tribe, a nomadic group of Arab origin, one of the four sub-tribes of the Arab Maqil tribes that emigrated to the Maghreb in the 10th century, Morocco. North of Africa. Morocco by Edmondo de Amicis 1875. Le Tour du Monde 1879

Se-Loc-Ta, A Creek Chief (1836), Native American, Historical North American Indian Tribes, Charles Bird King (1785, 1862), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

This 1882 illustration represents an ancient Egyptian priest, with the wall paintings uncovered in ancient Egyptian tombs as the model. .

An Indian musician playing a long, inverted 's' shaped trumpet. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Dante Alighieri .

Indians, here a man from the Anti tribe, America, illustration from 1880, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Roviman, Bushman of Cape Colony, Africa, Illustration, 1885

Averroes (1126-98), Moorish Islamic philosopher and physician. His Arabic name was 'Abu al-Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Rushd', often shortened to 'Ibn Rushd.' He lived in Spain and Morocco and wrote GENERAL MEDICINE (Kulliyat fi al tib) in the 1160's.

Adele Brooks, Cigar Store Indian, 1935 1942 Cigar Store Indian

The Prophet, also called Tenskwatawa, in 1823, ten years after the death of his brother, Tecumseh. The Shawnee shaman lost most of his following after he incited the disastrous Battle of Tippecanoe, against Tecumseh's orders (BSLOC_2019_6_47)

Ceremony in honour of Mariatale, goddess of Smallpox, temple at Negapattam, S.India. Man with hooks in back, self-hypnosis. Aquatint, 1806

Artwork, A member of the Hadendoa or Hadendowa tribe, Africa

Kish-Kal-WA. A Shawanoe Chief 1838, Indian, historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King 1785 - 1862, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

A publication titled 'Vostochnye sibirskie narody Koriak.' (Eastern Siberian peoples, Koriak), authored by Johann Gottlieb Georgi, issued in 1799 in Saint Petersburg by the Imperial Academy of Sciences. The work focuses on the ethnology of the Koriak people of Russia

Tatarskie narody: Kirgiska s tyla. Tatar peoples, Kirghiz woman, rear view.. Georgi, Johann Gottlieb (1738-1802). text. Illustrations. 1799. Rare Book Division. Russia, Ethnology , Russia, People

Korean man, China. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Trip to Beijing and North China 1873

Lithographic portraits chief of Meeraj India NO MR Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

A Brahmin beggar holding a begging bowl. Gouache painting on mica, by an Indian artist.

East Indian postal clerk and a bronze stylus for engraving writing in wax tablets, historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century model

Tai-o-mah. A Musquake Brave 1838, Indian, historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King 1785 - 1862, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

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