Adornment Collection

The dangers of getting a personal tattoo
" First of All, Mary, theres something awful I must get off my chest." The dangers of getting a personal tattoo - A dapper gent has to admit to a previous romantic liason to his new young

Sumerian Jewellery Bc
The jewels of a Sumerian lady of the court, discovered during the excavations at Ur - evidence that feminine adornment was customary in the worlds oldest civilisation

Two Girls of the Nuer Tribe - Sudan
Two Girls (sisters?) of the Nuer Tribe - Sudan. Date: circa 1910s

Kikuyu Women, Kenya (British East Africa) Date: circa 1910s

Elegant and distinguished couple in an attractive garden - note the rustic garden furniture style of the bridge adornments, the attractive and fully-operational fountain

Skull of an animal ornamenting the roof of a house. Cuba (town located next to the historic Route 66). State of Missouri, United States

Printemps
A portrait painting of a young girl, clutching her white over dress and wearing a green hat with a floral adornment, she is standing in a garden during Spring. Date: circa 1916

Photographs of women in high, elaborate hats
Photographs of women modelling high, elaborate hats, with feathers, tassels and bows. Captioned ??The High Hat for Women! Skyscraper Confections; And ?

Mrs Reginald Broomfield
A portrait oil painting of Mrs. Reginald Broomfield, wearing a fine black coat and hat, with pink floral adornment. Date: circa 1921

18th century Mercer - Costume
A travelling salesman hawks his wares: ribbons, buttons, pins, feathers, braids, cloth & all manner of trinkets for female adornment. Date: 18th century

MISTINGUETT & DOG MISTINGUETT & DOG
MISTINGUETT (Jeanne Bourgeois) wearing a white silk wig which, we are assured, is the latest fashion in head adornment from the French capital Date: 1923

Patara, Maori Chieftain, New Zealand. Date: 1900s

Rear view of two young Zulu Women, South Africa. Date: circa 1920s

Madagascan Sakalave (Sakalava) Woman
Woman from the Sakalava Tribe, who live on the western edge of Madagascar from Morandava to Nosy Be. Date: circa 1910s

East African Woman - Braided Hair, shell necklace
East African Woman with Braided Hair, shell necklace and extensive additional face and neck jewellery. Date: circa 1930s

Lebanon - Married Druze Woman with Tantour hat
The traditional vertigious tantour hat of a married Druze (a monotheistic religious community) woman of Lebanon (sadly not an example of the popular trend to replicate the landscape of late 19th)

Asia Minor. Ancient Art. Maiden in Wedding adornment. 100-50 BC. Kymi (Aeolis). The Antikensammlung Berlin (Berlin antiquities collection)

Madonna in a garland of flowers, 1616-1617, by Rubens (1577
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Madonna in a garland of flowers, 1616-1617. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Dinka Man with elaborate head and neck decoration - Sudan, Africa. Date: circa 1910s

African man with lip plate
An African man from the Zambezi region in Africa, with an extraordinary lip plate, haning from the top of his mouth below his chin. He also wears a series of metal rings around his ankles

Central African Republic - Baya People (Gbaya), comprising 34% of the population

Amber jewelry. Shop window
Poland. Gdansk. Amber jewelry. Shop window. St. Mary Street

The Stripes / Chevrons of Glory - earned by a French Soldier
WW1 - The Stripes / Chevrons of Glory - earned by a French Soldier Date: 1917

Flower Festival Competition Winner - Decorated Bicycle
A fabulous card showing an English Flower Festival Competition Winner (First Prize) with her Harvest theme decorated bicycle

Greek art. Hunting dog. About 360 BC. Probably a grave adornment. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Gold ornaments of a belt. National Museum of the Early Middle Ages (Museo dell Alto Medioevo). Rome. Italy

Metal Age. Gold ornaments with lions head. Womans grave from Arsley, Funen, 4th century. National Museum of Denmark

Circular bronze belt ornaments. Bronze Age. 1400 BC. Found at Vognserup Enge, near Holbaek. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Anonymous portrait, first quarter 17th. c. Oil
Anonymous portrait, first quarter 17th.c. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly. Mus饠 Cond頨 Cond頍 useum)

Earmuff with Moche warrior. Gold, shells, turquoises and lapis lazuli. 330-500 B.C. Moche or Mochica Art. Jewelry. PERU. Lima. Peruvian Gold Museum

Circular Fibula studded with rhinestones, 7th. century. Visigothic art. Jewelry. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia

Zulu Dancers / Tresses
A group of Zulu Men dancing whilst wearing tresses as body adornments. Date: 1936

Japanese - Geisha Girls - Studio Photograph
Japanese - Geisha Girl about to pat back a soft ball - Studio Photograph Date: circa 1906

A mounted Emir of the Western Sudan, Nigeria, Africa. Date: 1925

Vietnam - Traditional costume of woman from Chinese border
Vietnam - Traditional costume of woman from Chinese / Vietnamese border region. Date: circa 1904

The seducer - Amorous advances by a young Russian
The seducer - The amorous advances by a young Russian on a pretty girl with flowers in her hair. Date: circa 1902

Angola - Woman with extraordinary jewellery
Angola - Woman with the extraordinary hairstyle and neck jewellery/adornment of the region of Huila Province. Date: circa 1910s

Two Kenyan Men
A fabulous photographic portrait of two Kenyan Tribesmen in full traditonal costume. They wear Ostrich Feathers in their hair and one holds a fly whisk

Kenyan Men in full ceremonial attire

Zulu man in marital costume, southern Africa

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