Ethnic Collection

French Acadians Deported
The French Acadians of Nova Scotia are deported by the English to various east coast locations

Truganini, last surviving female Tasmanian Aboiginal
Truganini (Truganina, Trugernanner or Lalla Rooke, c1812-1876), the last surviving Tasmanian Aboiginal or Palawa woman. 1866

Nigeria - A Yoruba Grocer Date: circa 1920s

Australia - Sydney street with steam powered tram
c. 1890s Australia - Sydney street with steam powered tram and horse carriages

Japanese samurai with armour and swords, Japan, c. 1880 s
Japanese samurai with armour and swords, Japan, c.1880 s

Dressing Fante Ladys hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast, Africa
Dressing a Fanti (Fante) Ladys hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast, West Africa (modern Ghana). Date: circa 1910s

A Cannibal Feast, Charles E Gordon Frazer
A Cannibal Feast on the island of Tanna in the New Hebrides, by Charles E Gordon Frazer (1863-1899)

City Gate, Tangier, Morocco, c. 1900
City Gate, Tangier, Morocco, c.1900

c. 1880s South East Asia - Philippines - girls and women
c.1880s South East Asia - Philippines - girls and women - washing and getting their hair done

Whitby Harbour, Yorkshire
19th century vintage photograph: Whitby Harbour, Yorkshire, fishing boats in the harbour

Three Sikh men, India. Date: 1843

Luanda, Angola - Group of Mondombos Tribespeople, Mocamedes
A group of Mondombos Tribespeople (modern Herero) from the region close to Mocamedes (Mossamedes) (the capital city of Namibe Province in post-independence Angola). Date: circa 1906

Playing the Rabana drum - Sinhalese - Colombo, Sri Lanka
Playing the Rabana drum - Sinhalese people - Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Maha (big) Rabana or Banku (bench) Rabana, played by two or more people at a time is used at wedding festivals

Fantastic Wooden Screw Olive Press - Kabyle People, Algeria
Absolutely Fantastic Wooden Olive Screw Press - Kabyle People, Algeria. The traditional Kabylian economy of the area is based on arboriculture (orchards and olive trees)

Zulu warrior on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Princess Baa of the Ashanti and her husband - Ghana
Princess Baa of the Ashanti and her husband from Ghana - pictured outside the Gold Coast Pavillion at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park in 1924

Bolivia - La Paz - Aymara Indians Date: circa 1910s

Samurai with two swords, Japan
Vintage 19th century photograph - Japan - samurai in a studio setting, with two swords, proably an actor

Charminar, Hyderabad, India, street scene, c.1890 s

St. James Street Montreal, Canada
19th century vintage photograph: St. James Street Montreal, Canada, pedestrian and horse drawn traffic

West Africa - Nigeria - Kano - Sanusi People. Date: circa late 1950s

Holy Land Lebanon - peasant with hookah pipe
c.1890 - Holy Land Lebanon - peasant with hookah pipe

c. 1880s India- Lauries hotel Agra
c. 1880s India - image from an album of Indian types and trades designed to illustrate India to a British viewer - Lauries hotel Agra

A Tiki at Raroera Pah, New Zealand. Plate from The New Zealanders illustrated by George French Angas (1822-1886). Date: 1847

Chinook Basket Maker - British Columbia, Canada. The use of the word Kloochman on this postcard is an example of chinook jargon, meaning Wife. Date: circa 1910s

Madagascar - A Group of Betsileo Women, a highland ethnic group. Date: circa 1910s

Albanian dancers - Turkey Date: circa 1900

Fern Tree Valley, near Hobart, Tasmania
View of Fern Tree Valley near Hobart, Tasmania, showing a river and waterfall in a tropical landscape. 1870

Camel train pyramids at Giza, Cairo, Egypt
Late 19th century vintage photograph: Camel train pyramids at Giza, Cairo, Egypt

Turkey Istanbul - Sultan on his way to Friday prayers
c.1890s Turkey Istanbul Constantinople photochrome - the sultan on his way to Friday prayers

c. 1900 New Zealand - Maori women rubbing noses
c.1900 New Zealand - Maori women rubbing noses

Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi-donkey with load & Armenian d
Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - a donkey with its load and its Armenian driver. Vintage 19th century photograph

Devil Dancers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Devil Dancers of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), with drummers. Date: circa 1890s

South Africa - a toddler looks down guiltily at broken eggs
South Africa - a toddler looks down guiltily at some broken eggs, spilled out from their laden basket. Date: circa 1930s

Fur Trimmed Wrap 1928
Blonde model in a fur trimmed wrap / jacket in a highly ornate fabric which like her dress is based on ethnic or archaeological textiles. Her shoes are in silver kid

Vintage 19th century photograph: Nepalese, Nepali, Nepal woman in traditional clothes, image taken in northern India

Hunters with bows and arrows, Philippines, c. 1890

Ceylon Sri Lanka - Tamil girl with nose rings
c. 1880s Ceylon Sri Lanka - Tamil girl with nose rings and ornate jewellery

Zulu tribesman knobkerrie club, South Africa, c. 1900
Zulu tribesman with knobkerrie club, South Africa, c.1900

King Thibaw Min and Queen Supayalat of Burma, 1880 s
Vintage 19th century photograph: King Thibaw Min and Queen Supayalat of Burma, 1880 s

Pacific Islands, Oceania: portrait of a man and two women
Vintage 19th century photograph - Oceania, Pacific Islands, probably Fiji, Tahiti or Western Samoa: man with club (and his wives?)

Pacific Islands, Oceania: portrait of young women
Vintage 19th century photograph - Oceania, Pacific Islands, probably Fiji, Tahiti or Western Samoa: portrait of young women in a studio setting

Women with pots carrying water, Egypt
Late 19th century vintage photograph: Women with pots carrying water, Egypt

SE Asia, bare-breasted young woman doing her hair
Vintage 19th century photograph: south east Asia, bare-breasted young woman with a mirror, doing her hair

Women and small child, Siam (Thailand) c. 1880
Women and small child, Siam (Thailand) c.1880

Maharaja of Kuch Behar, Cooch Behar, Koch Bihar, India
Vintage 19th century photograph: Maharajah of Kuch Behar, Cooch Behar, also known as Koch Bihar, was a princely state in India during the British Raj. Image c. 1890

Degar tribal Central Highlands of Vietnam
Vintage 19th century photograph: Degar tribal group, or Montagnard, which is an umbrella term for the various indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam

Siam Thailand, wives of king Mongkut, Rama IV
1860s South East Asia - Siam Thailand, wives of king Mongkut

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