Ornamental tattooing from Africa, Borneo, Caroline Island, New Zealand and Japan. 1 African woman. 2 Chief Hirtin Paevata from New Zealand. 3 King Tauhiao 1825-1894 (King Tawhiao leader of the Waikato tribes,… Read More
Category: Africa
African costume and culture.
Masai warrior with spear, shield and lion headdress.
Masai warrior in 1907. With spear, shield and lion headdress.
The Kislar Aga, or first Eunuch of the Ottoman Harem.
Kızlar Ağası was the title of the chief black palace eunuch who guarded the imperial harem.
Traditional Musgu woman with Labret Piercing, 1930.
Traditional Musgu woman from Tschad Photogravure portrait of a traditional Musgu woman with Labret Piercing. The disc stretches the upper lip. Photography by Jaspar von Oertzen in 1930. Musgum, Mulwi… Read More
Warrior from Amhara, Ethiopia. The Oriental Album.
The Oriental Album. Characters, costumes, and modes of life, in the valley of the Nile.
Bishari Warrior, Sudan. Guerrier Bicharis 1895
Bishari Warrior of the Beja tribe with shield and spear. Sudan Red Sea. Guerrier Bicharis, 1895.
Beja people from the Red Sea, Sudan. Famille de Bicharis.
Famille de Bicharis. Beja people from the Red Sea, Sudan. Auteur du Monde. Souvenirs de Voyages
Souakim. The Arab bazaar.
Arabic Bazaar in Suakin Sudan at the Red Sea 1895. Souakim. Le bazaar Arabe.
Warriors of the Ababda. Guerriers Ababdeh.
Warriors of the Ababdeh with spears. Guerriers Ababdeh. Nomadic tribe of the Bedouins.
South African Zulu peoples, ethnic group of the Bantu.
Zulu peoples 19thc.. The Zulu are the largest ethnic group in South Africa.