Headdresses of African people of South Africa, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. Man of Kashna, South Africa – Woman of Jacoba, South Africa – Woman of Liessi, South Africa – Man from… Read More
Category: 19th Century
Moorish nomads. Berber from Algeria, North Africa.
Moorish nomads. Berber from Algeria, North Africa by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche
Felup and Mandingo from the village of Fulier at the Senegal.
Felup and Mandingo from the village of Fulier at the Senegal, by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche.
Inhabitants of Madagascar in 1800.
Inhabitants of Madagascar by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche, Meissen, 1840.
Libya merchant and farmer in c. 1840
A Libyan farmer on a threshing machine and a wandering merchant.
Serbian couple in folk costumes from Šumadija.
Serbian couple in folk costumes from Šumadija.
Historical costumes from Greece in 1850s.
Grecs. Les nations. Album des Costumes De Tous les Pays.
Apache medicine shirts. The medicine-men of the Apache.
Apache medicine shirts. The medicine-men of the Apache by John Gregory Bourke. Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.
Apache Ghost dance. Ceremonial head gear.
Apache Ghost dance. Ceremonial head gear. Annual Ethnology Report of the US Government. Lithographed by Sackett & Wilhelms. Printed in New York: c.1897. Read more: History of the Indian Tribes… Read More
Necklace of Human Fingers. Cheyenne Medicine Man.
The fingers were those of famous enemies, noted for their superior courage and bravery, whom the Cheyennes had killed in battle during their various wars.