From the Tapestry “The Apparition of Christ to the Madeleine” at the the Louvre, Paris. Costume: Elizabethan era, Tudor era.
Category: 20th Century
The Widow and the Grave Digger by Norah McGuinnes
Norah Allison McGuinness was a female Irish painter and illustrator.
Marionette scene in the christmas play “The Three Magi.”
Marionette scene in the christmas play “The Three Magi.” “The Moor .” Marionette scene in the christmas play “The Three Magi.” By Richard Teschner, 1925. More:Courtly fantasy scene by Mary… Read More
The Islamic prayer. Ar-Rifa’ min Ar-Ruku’, or Inclination.
Rukūʿ, Arabic ركوع, bowing with the upper body’, is a posture prescribed by ritual law during prayer in Islam. A bow is called: rakʿa(do)
Ranavalona III last queen of Madagascar. She reigns from 1883 to 1897.
Ranavalona III, born November 22, 1861 at Amparibe and died in exile in Algiers May 23, 1917, was the last queen of Madagascar where she reigns from 1883 to 1897
Kanouri tribe. Nigeria, Africa 1930s.
Kanouri tribe. Nigeria, Africa 1930s. Peoples from the Kanouri tribe playing dice, Dikwa Nigeria. More:Swahili Costume in 1900. Woman from the Mbaruks Tribe. Africa African dance of the Moru tribe,… Read More
Berber woman from Algeria, c. 1900.
Algeria. Berber woman. Photo: Jean Geiser 1902. Berbers are mainly found in present-day Morocco and Algeria
Caucasus. Armenian woman costume.
Caucasus. Armenian woman costume. More:Noble Burmese woman costume. Myanmar Armenian lady of Constantinople. Ottoman Empire The Armenian bishop of Djulfa, Azerbaidjan. c. 1886 Armenia Armenian Hamal. A porter or bearer… Read More
Bedouin sheikh Medjuel el Mezrab al-Anzi wearing burnoose.
Mujul al-Musrab al-Anzi (1828-1904) is one of the sheikhs of the Anzah tribe in the Levant from the Masaraba of the Seven
The Taotai. Chinese Governor of Kashgar.
A Chinese provincial Governor seated in front of his felt tent, accompanied by a soldier of his suite.










