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Anthropology Collection (page 7)

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Costumes of the Nogai people of the Caucasus mountains

Costumes of the Nogai people of the Caucasus mountains.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageAnthropology Collection: An officer of King Kamehameha II of the Sandwich

An officer of King Kamehameha II of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Costumes of Canadian natives: Nipissing and Ottowa people

Costumes of Canadian natives: Nipissing and Ottowa people.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Wedding ceremony among the Khoikhoi of South Africa

Wedding ceremony among the Khoikhoi of South Africa.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Coptic and Ethiopian monks, west Ethiopian man and Libyan

Coptic and Ethiopian monks, west Ethiopian man and Libyan.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Egyptian chieftain in turban and robes, and a Mamluk warrior

Egyptian chieftain in turban and robes, and a Mamluk warrior.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Inside an Aleut wooden winter house on the

Inside an Aleut wooden winter house on the island of Unalaska.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Circassian prince, Kabard princes and archer

Circassian prince, Kabard princes and archer.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Imperial Chinese garden at Gehol in Tartary

Imperial Chinese garden at Gehol in Tartary.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Mongol men and women, physiognomy of a Mongol

Mongol men and women, physiognomy of a Mongol.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Sinhalese man, and indigenous Vedda man from Sri Lanka

Sinhalese man, and indigenous Vedda man from Sri Lanka.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Statues of Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva

Statues of Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Persian fire worshipper of the Zoroastrian religion

Persian fire worshipper of the Zoroastrian religion.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Persian camel artillery: bombardiers firing

Persian camel artillery: bombardiers firing cannons from saddles.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Sculpture depicting the goddess of fertility, artifact

Sculpture depicting the goddess of fertility, artifact originating from Tepetzintla (Mexico). Pre-Colombian Civilization. Maya art. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Whatas or Patukas - Maori Food Storehouses

Whatas or Patukas - Maori Food Storehouses. They are elevated from the ground by posts, to protect their contents from rats. Top left is an ordinary patuka for holding seeds

Background imageAnthropology Collection: New Zealand Maori Ornaments and Decorations

New Zealand Maori Ornaments and Decorations. They are an ear ornament, real or imitation teeth, grotesque figures (tiki), earrings, a tail feather, a shell, wooden combs, a fly catcher

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Lyall Watson, South African scientist and author

Lyall Watson, South African scientist and author
Lyall Watson (1939-2008), South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethnologist and author. Through his work he attempted to make sense of natural

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Girl of the Toda Tribe - Nilgiri plateau, India

Girl of the Toda Tribe - Nilgiri plateau, India
Girl of the Toda Tribe, a small pastoral community living on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in southern India. The Toda traditionally live in settlements consisting of three to seven of these small

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Homo sapiens tibia

Homo sapiens tibia
Two human bones from different sides of the Atlantic ocean used to show how syphillis was spread since its appearance in Naples in 1495

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Homo sapiens cranium (Predmosti 3) cast

Homo sapiens cranium (Predmosti 3) cast

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Skull showing bullet hole in right temple

Skull showing bullet hole in right temple
Skull of adult male suicide case. Taken during the archaelogical excavation at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, 1984-1986

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Homo erectus, Java Man (Sangiran 17) cranium cast

Homo erectus, Java Man (Sangiran 17) cranium cast
Three quarter view of partially reconstructed cranium of Homo erectus Java Man about 700, 000 years old known as Sangiran 17. Discovered by Towikromo in 1969

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Homo erectus crania (Ngandong 1 & Trinil)

Homo erectus crania (Ngandong 1 & Trinil)
The larger cranium belongs to Homo erectus discovered at Ngandong near to the Solo River on the island of Java, Indonesia

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Homo neanderthalensis hunting in Swanscombe

Homo neanderthalensis hunting in Swanscombe
A Homo neanderthalensis group hunting fallow deer on the banks of the river Thames at modern day Swanscombe, Kent 400, 000 years ago. Illustration by Angus McBride

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Homo heidelbergensis, Boxgrove Man tibia

Homo heidelbergensis, Boxgrove Man tibia
The tibia or shin bone of Boxgrove Man (Homo heidelbergensis) discovered in a quarry at Boxgrove, West Sussex, UK. The specimen dates back 500

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Moro Indian Woman, Cebu, Visayas, Philippines

Moro Indian Woman, Cebu, Visayas, Philippines
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Fuegian women, Natives of Tierra del Fuego

Fuegian women, Natives of Tierra del Fuego
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Moro Indian, Philippines

Moro Indian, Philippines
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Moro Indian Chief, Philippines

Moro Indian Chief, Philippines
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Mandinka people, West Africa

Mandinka people, West Africa
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Homo sapiens (Singa 1) cranium

Homo sapiens (Singa 1) cranium
A heavily mineralized cranium once belonging to that of Homo sapiens who lived about 130, 000 years ago. This specimen was discovered in Singa, Sudan by W.R.G. Bond in 1924

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Homo sapiens, Cro-Magnon man head

Homo sapiens, Cro-Magnon man head
A reconstruction of the head of Cro-Magnon man by Maurice Wilson, c. 1950. Cro-Magnon man is possibly Western Europes most famous anatomically modern human

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Native woman and child of Australia

Native woman and child of Australia
37. Gur-roo-ee, 38. Bi-Gong, 39. Goo-nee-orol-gal, 40. Ban-nel-lang, 41. Ben-nel-long, 42. Native woman and child. Drawings 37-42 from the Watling Collection

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Homo neanderthalensis, Neanderthal man model

Homo neanderthalensis, Neanderthal man model
A model reconstruction of a Neanderthal family situated within a cave. Neanderthal lived between 135, 000 to 35, 000 years ago

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Ban-nel-lang meeting the Governor

Ban-nel-lang meeting the Governor
Ban nel lang meeting the Governor by apointment after he was wounded by Willemaring in September 1790. Watercolour drawing from the Port Jackson Painter collection c. 1790, Watling Drawing no. 40

Background imageAnthropology Collection: The Furze Platt Hand Axe

The Furze Platt Hand Axe
The Furze Platt hand axe from the Acheulian culture (Lower Palaeolithic) about 400, 000 years ago. Found in Britain in 1919 the hand axe weighs 2.8 kilos and is 30.6 cm long

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Homo sapiens cranium (Predmosti 3)

Homo sapiens cranium (Predmosti 3)
Frontal view of cranium and mandible (casts) of a Homo sapiens male aged 35-40 discovered at Predmosti, North East Moravia, Czech Republic. By K.J. Maska, June 1894. This specimen dates back 30, 000

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Mousterian tools

Mousterian tools
A slide scraper and a pointed tool made from black flint of Mousterian age, 40, 000 - 55, 000 years old (Middle Palaeolithic), from Le Moustier, France

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Homo heildelbergensis, Rhodesian or Broken Hill Man (Broken

Homo heildelbergensis, Rhodesian or Broken Hill Man (Broken
Basilar view of the cranium belonging to Broken Hill Man (Homo heildelbergensis) discovered at Broken Hill Mine, Kabwe, Zambia by T. Zwigelaar in June 1921. It dates back 130, 000 years

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Australopithecus boisei (OH5) & Homo habilis (OH24) crania

Australopithecus boisei (OH5) & Homo habilis (OH24) crania
Two cranium casts of: (left) Australopithecus boisei known as OH5 and (right) homo habilis known as OH24. Both original specimens were discovered within Bed 1 at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Background imageAnthropology Collection: View of Stanley from Pier, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

View of Stanley from Pier, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Homo habilis tools

Homo habilis tools
A collection of pebble tools (Oldowan) discovered at the Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. They date back to about 1.8 million years ago

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Peru. The Oath of Independence (28th July 1821)

Peru. The Oath of Independence (28th July 1821). Jos頤 e San Mart� proclaiming the independence of Peru in the Main Square of Lima. Oil on canvas. PERU. Lima

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Inca vase with a mythological drawing. Inca art

Inca vase with a mythological drawing. Inca art. Ceramics. PERU. Lima. National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Wild Men (Veddahs) - Sri Lanka

Wild Men (Veddahs) - Sri Lanka
Wild Men (Veddahs or Veddas) - Sri Lanka. The pure Veddhas, are related to the Austro-Asiatic peoples found scattered today in many parts of southern Asia

Background imageAnthropology Collection: Signs and Symbols on Native Indian Handicrafts

Signs and Symbols on Native Indian Handicrafts
The Signs and Symbols used on indigenous native American handicrafts and jewelery. The Date: circa late 1930s

Background imageAnthropology Collection: France. Paris. Museum of Man. Anthropology museu. Chaillot p

France. Paris. Museum of Man. Anthropology museu. Chaillot palace. Detail sculpture. Exterior facade



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