Traditional Switzerland costumes Canton Unterwald and Canton Bern in 1815. Canton Bern, farmer’s wife Canton Unterwald, Woman at the butter churn Gallery: Swiss national costumes.
Woman in the costume of Solothurn, Switzerland. According to an illustration by Paul Gavarni.
Sufi Dervishes Dance. Ottoman Empire. Whirling Dervishes Dance of the Mevlevi order. Title: Danse des Derwichs Mewlewis Published: L’Univers Pittoresque, Paris 1838.
Nursing at Mont Cenis. Infancy is ever the same in all countries. A child puts on the spectacles of age, an old woman tells sleepy stories.
The females of Mount Cenis are almost mattressed round, and their broad brims form a constant umbrella.
The mixture of self-conceit, noise, tawdry, and shifts, forming his composition, constitute a true and complete emblem of his countrymen’s natural accomplishments and qualities.
Sioux Squaw and Papoose (baby, child). First Nation. Native Americans.
Last Horse, Oglala Sioux Chief. Native Americans.
Short Bull, Indian name Tatanka Ptechela was a Brulé (Oglala) Lakota Sioux medicine man who was one of the most prominent leaders in the 1890s Ghost Dance Movement.
Sioux Black Eagle. He is wearing an eagle feather bonnet.
