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 BcThe 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 - SudanTwo 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
PrintempsA 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 hatsPhotographs of women modelling high, elaborate hats, with feathers, tassels and bows. Captioned ??The High Hat for Women! Skyscraper Confections; And ?
Mrs Reginald BroomfieldA portrait oil painting of Mrs. Reginald Broomfield, wearing a fine black coat and hat, with pink floral adornment. Date: circa 1921
18th century Mercer - CostumeA travelling salesman hawks his wares: ribbons, buttons, pins, feathers, braids, cloth & all manner of trinkets for female adornment. Date: 18th century
MISTINGUETT & DOG MISTINGUETT & DOGMISTINGUETT (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) WomanWoman from the Sakalava Tribe, who live on the western edge of Madagascar from Morandava to Nosy Be. Date: circa 1910s
Lebanon - Married Druze Woman with Tantour hatThe 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 (1577Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Madonna in a garland of flowers, 1616-1617. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany
East African Woman - Braided Hair, shell necklaceEast African Woman with Braided Hair, shell necklace and extensive additional face and neck jewellery. Date: circa 1930s
Dinka Man with elaborate head and neck decoration - Sudan, Africa. Date: circa 1910s
African man with lip plateAn 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 windowPoland. Gdansk. Amber jewelry. Shop window. St. Mary Street
The Stripes / Chevrons of Glory - earned by a French SoldierWW1 - The Stripes / Chevrons of Glory - earned by a French Soldier Date: 1917
Flower Festival Competition Winner - Decorated BicycleA 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. OilAnonymous 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 / TressesA group of Zulu Men dancing whilst wearing tresses as body adornments. Date: 1936
Japanese - Geisha Girls - Studio PhotographJapanese - 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 borderVietnam - Traditional costume of woman from Chinese / Vietnamese border region. Date: circa 1904
The seducer - Amorous advances by a young RussianThe seducer - The amorous advances by a young Russian on a pretty girl with flowers in her hair. Date: circa 1902
Angola - Woman with extraordinary jewelleryAngola - Woman with the extraordinary hairstyle and neck jewellery/adornment of the region of Huila Province. Date: circa 1910s
Two Kenyan MenA 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
