Braided Collection (page 2)

Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) Toucouleurs (Fula) Woman
A Fula (Toucouleurs) Woman from Bukina Faso (Upper Volta), a landlocked country in West Africa. Date: circa 1920s

A Fula Woman - Senegal, West Africa - displaying distinctive traditional ornamental headwear and hairstyle, large single-bead necklace and hooped earrings

Chad - Milk Sellers at N Djamena (Fort-Lamy). Date: circa 1930s

Bronze Age. Four interlaced plaits. From Farup at Vindum, central Jutland. C. 350 BC. National Museum of Denmark

Girl from Bukina Faso - Profile
Pretty Girl from Bukina Faso - shot in profile and showing the distinctive braided hairstyle, and varieties of beads worn around the head as well as the neck

Djibouti, East Africa - A Young Serae girl (from Eritrea)
Djibouti, East Africa (then French Somaliland) - A Young Serae girl (likely (from Eritrea). Date: 1905

Sudan - Africa - Men and Women at Lado Enclave Date: circa 1910

A young Moorish Woman of Senegal Date: circa 1910s

Black African man in Egypt. The card labels this man as a Babarin - Babar was the old term for ALL black people in Egypt at this period. Date: circa 1910s

Bedouin Woman with interesting chin tattoo
Bedouin Woman from Egypt with a very interesting chin tattoo

Falka by H. B. Farnie
Falka by H.B. Farnie. Two images from the flyer for Falka at The Royal Comedy Theatre in London. Date: 1880s

Falka by H. B. Farnie. Image of Folbach, Falkas uncle
Falka by H.B. Farnie. Shown here is Folbach, Falkas uncle. The caption reads Our motto is Prudence and Fall back. One can assume that these are all accurate depictions of the costumes. Date: 1880s

Falka by H. B. Farnie. Image of Falkas boyfriend, Arthur
This page shows Falkas boyfriend, Arthur. She disguises herself as him in an attempt to get away from her uncle. They are depicted in similar costumes. The caption reads That little nose. Date: 1880s

Advert for American Braided Wire bustles 1887
Popular dress improvers, light, flexible, strong, durable and perfect, MYRA pattern braided wire bustle, trade mark on all goods. Date: 1887

Styles of hair worn in the Roman period
Hairdressing from antiquity to the present - Style of hair worn in the Roman period Date: circa 2nd century AD

Kenya, East Africa - Man with his two wives - it appears he may have a false (artificial) left leg (which would explain the walking stick). Date: circa 1910s

Miss Evelyn D Alroy as Yaouma in False Gods
Miss Evelyn D Alroy (1882-1915) in the role of Yaouma in False Gods alongside Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree at His Majestys Theatre in London (ran from 1909-1910 for 69 performances). Date: 1909

The Princess of Wales
Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925), Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra as the consort of King Edward VII. 1883

Chad - Goulfa Woman from the Lake Chad region. Date: circa 1930s

Bronze Age. Hair in the form of braided locks was also sacrifice in the bogs. Sometimes several plaits were tied together. These deposits can be seen as both small and large sacrifices

Two women wearing tailored suits 1909
In chasseur green serge, braided in black. The coat is cut to the shape of the tunic-kilted skirt. The second costume is carried out in Mulberry cloth, with revers and buttons of black satin. 1909

How to make braided rugs, with material dyed in different colours, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Yachting costume of blue serge
A yachting costume of blue serge. The main part of the costume is dark blue serge, with an under-bodice and skirt of white serge. Braided with white, it has tabs fastened with gold buttons. 1899

Fine portrait of a Zulu Woman, South Africa - Intombe River region. Date: circa 1901

Smiling Zulu Woman and child, South Africa Date: circa 1901

South Africa - Two women, a witchdoctor and a child
Two women negotiating with a witchdoctor concerning the blessing of a new house in the village - South Africa. Date: circa 1920s

Profile portrait of a beautiful Masai woman - Kenya
A stunning profile portrait of a beautiful Masai woman - Kenya. Note the elongated earlobe piercing and remarkably decorative hair braiding. Date: circa 1930s

Woman from the Lunda Region, Angola (at this stage still a Portuguese Colony). Date: circa 1950s

English actress of stage and screen, Gladys Cooper
Portrait of a the English actress of stage and screen, Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), wearing her hair in long plaits. Date: circa 1910s

Striking Arabian Girl - Morocco. Note the primitive-form Hamsa (Fatimas hand) amulet, worn throughout the Middle East and North Africa

Pretty Young Senegalese girl with braided hair and necklace
Pretty Young Senegalese girl with braided hair and large necklace. Date: circa 1910s

Sudanese Soldier with spear and circular shield. Date: circa 1907

American lady dressed as Red Indian Girl
A very (non-native!) American lady dressed as a Red Indian Girl with long brunette braided hair and full feather headdress, necklace and squaws kaftan. Date: 1913

Easter Customs - Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic there are many customs tied up with the Easter weekend. One such custom is illustrated on this postcard

Madagascar - Tribesman from the Sakalava Tribe, who live on the western edge of Madagascar from Morandava to Nosy Be. Date: circa 1910s

Betsileo Costume - Madagascar. A wonderful photograph of a woman wrapped in a fine piece of patterned cloth. The Betsileo are a highland ethnic group of Madagascar

Rapunzel by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Middle-aged Victorian woman
A middle-aged Victorian woman poses in the photographers studio, leaning on the back of a chair, on the seat of which a small dog is sitting

Sudanese woman with decorative cuts
Sudanese woman with traditional decorative cuts on her face, braided hair (with buttons and beads) and long beaded necklace

Franco-Prussian War. First German Prisoners brought into Met
Bare headed Prussian soldiers are brought into Metz under guard of French soldiers dressed in bearskins and frogged and braided uniforms

Costume / Men / Photo 1860S
Man with a beard & no moustache wears a bowler hat, morning coat & waistcoat with a braided edge, tie & tie-pin, tweed trousers, cane, floral buttonhole & handkerchief

Fashionable Duellers
Pleated or cossack trousers (one pair strapped & striped), top boots, coats with roll collars, top hats, Wellington hat, blue coat braided & frogged with a stand collar

French Menservants
French menservants in outdoor and indoor livery: top hat with cockade, braided cutaway coat with stand collar, spatterdashes, coat with M- cut collar, breeches

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