Snake Collection (page 6)

Tibetan dancers, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley
Four Tibetan dancers (jugglers) taking part in the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley between April and October 1924. Date: 1924

Snake Charmer - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s

Mary Gayford as she appeared in the Snake Dance at the Hotel de L Europe in Amsterdam, 1923 Date: 1923

Horatio Nelson, British naval officer
Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval officer, with the Battle of Trafalgar depicted in the background. circa 1805

Moorish Musicians and Snake Charmer - Morocco. The seated musicians are playing a pipe flute and a Bendir Frame Drum. Date: circa 1910s

Morocco, North Africa - (Barber) Snake Charmers - Snake in basket men with musical instruments. Part of Box 171 Boswell Collection - Morocco. Date: circa 1900

China - YoSan or Snake Hill - Building on top of grass covered hill. Part of Box 167 Boswell collection - Tour in China. Date: circa 1900

Snake charmers, India, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Snake Charmer, Tunis, Tunisia, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Snake charmers, Egypt, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Fantastic Adventures - The black Arrow
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, June 1948, featuring the story The black Arrow by Jamieson Wood. Huge black snake struggles in the water and destroys boats of American Indian. Date: 1948

Parian figures, Plate 92, human figures (adults and children). Date: circa 1880s

Marble votive relief dedicated to the goddess Totoes in the form of a sphinx. It comes from Amphipolis (Macedonia). II century a.C. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Crosier of Bishop of Barcelona, Arnau de Gurb. Limoges. Before 1284. Detail of the body of the serpent. Treasure of Cathedral of Barcelona. Spain

Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Medusa column base. Istanbul
Turkey. Istanbul. Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Erected during the reign of Justinian I. Medusa column base. Detail

Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Pharaoh offering wearing R
Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Ptolemaic Dynasty. 2nd century B.C. Dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and falcon god Haroeris. Pharaoh offering wearing Red Crown. Relief

Pre-Columbian Art. Teotihuaca?n. Mexico. The Temple of the F
Pre-Columbian Art. Teotihuacan. Mexico. The Temple of the Feathered Serpent, also known as the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, and the Feathered Serpent Pyramid

Male torso in Egytianesque dress. Cyprus
Male torso in Egytianesque dress. The uraeuss snakes on the loincloth, are a egyptian rulers icon. Limestone. 6th century BC. Idalion (Dali). Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Prague. St. Vitus Cathedral. The Golden Gate. Mosaic of Ada
Czech Republic. Prague. St. Vitus Cathedral. The Golden Gate. The Mosaic of Adam and Eve(1372), by Niccoletto Semitecolo, Italian painter of the early-Renaissance. 14th century. Castle complex

Pre-Columbian Art. Maya. Chac statue (rain god) or an offeror on a Feathered Serpent. It lies on the steps of the Temple of the Warriors. Maya-Toltec style. Classical period (late 900-1224)

Metal Age. Cinerary urn. 700-500 BC. Museum of Denmark. Cope
Prehistory. Metal Age. Cinerary urn with snake. Eastern Jutland. Denmark. 700-500 BC. Museum of Denmark. Copenhaguen

Bronze Age. Several womens ornaments and some bronze figure
Prehistory. Bronze Age. Several womens ornaments and some bronze figures. Are furnished with pegs. C. 800 BC. Fardal, central Jutland. Denmark. Museum of Denmark. Copenhaguen

France. Par?=?s. Notre Dame cathedral. Portal of St. Anne. Synagogue. AllegorycaI statue depicted with his eyes covered, her crown falling on the floor, the tables of the law reversed

Etruscan stone sarcophagus of Bomarzo
Stone sarcophagus with lid carved in the likeness of the roof of a house decorated with sphinxes. 325-250 BC. From the Grotta Dipinta in Bomarzo (Italy). British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Fountain of Neptune by Juan Pascual de Mena. 18th century. M
Fountain of Neptune. Designed by Ventura Rodriguez in 1782 and sculpted by Juan Pascual de Mena (1707-1784) between 1780-1784. White marble. Canovas del Castillo square. Madrid. Spain

Egyptian Art. Mummy mask. Roman Period. 6070 A. C
Egyptian Art. Mummy mask. Roman Period. 6070 A.C. Middle Egypt. Probably, it comes from Meir (Mir). Egypt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Cobra of Amon-Ra. Egypt
Egyptian Art. Cobra of Amon-Ra. Reign of the Nubian pharaohs. 25th Dynasty. Third Intermediate Period. Luxor Museum. Egypt

Relief with an inscription in hieroglyphics. Deir el-Bahari
Relief with an inscription in hieroglyphics. Solar disk with snake (cobra) with the ankh around his neck and Falcon with double crown over a cobra. Temple of Hatshepsut. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom

Vulture Nekhbet opening their protective wings. Temple of Ha
Vulture Nekhbet opening their protective wings. Polychrome relief in one of the walls of the Temple of Hatshepsut. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt

Relief depicting cobras. Temple of Hatshepsut. Deir el-Bahari. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Egypt

Hieroglyphic. Relief depicting consonant sounds. The f (horned viper) and m (owl). Temple of Hatshepsut. Egypt

Woman wearing animal clothing and accessories
Young woman covered in head to toe in animal clothing and accessories, walking her chimp on a lead. Date: 1927

Snap Playing Card - Snake Charmer. circa 1910s

Caricature of Sir William Harcourt, Liberal politician
Caricature of Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904), Liberal politician, at this time Home Secretary in Gladstones government

Early woman police sergeant, London
An early (possibly the first) woman police sergeant in London, wearing the Stanley Uniform, introduced in 1919. The tunic was single-breasted with six metal buttons down the front

Woman police officer Ethel Hilda Dry, London
Studio photo of Ethel Hilda Dry, an early woman police officer. She joined the force in July 1919, and is seen here wearing the Stanley Uniform, introduced in that year. Date: circa 1919

Floryane, snake dancer, with a pretend snake draped round her neck. Date: 1929

Two-Headed Snake / C. 1770
A strange two-headed snake Date: circa 1770

Snake Charmers / Ceylon
Snake charmers in Ceylon Date: circa 1930

Various Snake Species
1) Boa Constrictor (family Boidae) 2) Adder ( Common Viper Vipera berus) 3) Banded Rock Rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus lepidus) Date: circa 1890

Boerhaave / Hinton
HERMANN BOERHaVE Dutch physician Date: 1668 - 1738

J. Boswell / London Mag
JAMES BOSWELL Scottish lawyer and biographer of Samuel Johnson, pictured here in the dress of a Corsican chief. Date: 1740 - 1795

Snake with Two Heads
A monstrous snake with two heads Date: early 19th century

Common Rattle Snake / Duhn
Common rattle snake (Crotalus durissus) Found in North America Date: circa 1850

Colbert J-B / Collyer
JEAN-BAPTISTE French statesman, Marquis de Seignelay Date: 1619 - 1683

Posada, Ballad of the snake, Mexico
Ballad of the snake, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s

Coach-Whip Snake / Col
Date: early 19th century

William Beebe
WILLIAM BEEBE US naturalist and explorer; examining a large snake (location unknown) Date: 1877 - 1962

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