Bangles Collection (page 2)

Children from Sierra Leone
Two young children from Sierra Leone, West Africa Date: circa 1910s

Nude Blond & Sheik
Symbolic or pornographic? Two white doves hover above a blonde wearing only a string of pearls & high heel mules while flirting with a sheik who might want her for his harem. Date: circa 1950

Lady from Nepal in traditional costume with a vast array of bangles, necklaces, rings and other adornments. Date: circa 1910s

South Africa - Queen of the Pondos
South Africa - The Queen of the Pondos. The Pondo or Phondo are a Xhosa speaking ethnic group who have given their name to Pondoland

Djibouti, East Africa - A Young girl cleans her teeth
Djibouti, East Africa (then French Somaliland) - A Young girl cleans (the exact translation is " rubs" ) her teeth. Date: 1905

A Young man of the Kenyan Kikuyu Tribe, East Africa. They form the largest ethnic group in Kenya and speak the Bantu Kikuyu language as a mother tongue. Date: circa 1910s

Character from Il Trovatore -- Azucena
Depiction of the character Azucena from Verdis grand opera Il Trovatore (The Troubador), first performed in Rome in 1853. The gipsy woman Azucena (a mezzo-soprano or contralto role)

Algerian Woman - Handkerchief Dance
An Algerian woman doing the handkerchief dance - Algeria

Moorish Woman - Algeria
A stunning postcard depiction of a Moorish woman - leaning against a doorway in a fabulous floral print dress with headdress Date: 1908

Sudanese Woman in traditional Costume seemingly emerging from a small localised Nile River mist (!) with the pyramids lightly visible in the rear

Young woman in fancy dress, Ealing, West London
Young woman (Lucy Auerbach, age 16) in fancy dress, with a British flag, in her garden at Ealing, West London. 1906

Young Zulu child, South Africa - Coming out of hut - morning. Date: circa 1920s

Native of Ero (location not identified). 19th century

Algeria - Moorish Dancer with tambourine
Algeria - A beautiful Moorish Dancer playing a tambourine. Date: 1902

Carrying a heavy load on the head - Sudan. Date: circa 1910s

Native boy reading Cape Argus newspaper, South Africa
Native boy reading the Cape Argus newspaper (weekly edition), South Africa -- What is your opinion? Date: circa 1902

Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths victorian jewellery
A selection of victorian ornamental decorative pearl accessories. Including pearl necklace with a detachable pendant forming a brooch, decorative pearl brooches and bangle bracelets. Date: 1884

The Black Hat by Elsie Harding -- a young woman wearing a printed dress, bangles and hat. 1924

Jewelry. Bracelets, bangles, earring and belt. 12th century
Middle Ages. Jewelry. Bracelets, bangles, earring and belt. 12th century. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Jewelry. Bracelets and bangles. 13th century
Middle Ages. Jewelry. Spiral bracelets and bangles 13th century. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Poster advertising India, a Shillong Belle
Poster by Dorothy Newsome, advertising India, depicting a Shillong Belle. Printed for the Government of India by Bolton Fine Art, Bombay. Date: circa 1930

Art Student Fashion 1918
Art School Fashion: a student carrying canvases wears a spotty smock like blouse, large artistic beret, a short voluminous plaid skirt, bangles & court shoes. Date: 1918

Jane Russell (1921 2011), American film actress. Date: 1921 - 2011

Advertisement, Procter & Company, direct importers of Enamel, Gem, Gold & Silver, & Tiger Claws, The Indian Art Gallery, Oxford Street, London. 1883

South Africa - smiling Zulu girl kneeling in her doorway
South Africa - smiling Zulu girl kneeling in the doorway of her home. Date: 1931

Models wearing fashionable jerseys 1933
Three models wearing fashionable jerseys for the summer; (top left) green and yellow striped with collar sleeves and waist band in former shade

Catching the Eye: the latest accessories, 1927
Catching the Eye: the latest Paris accessories, 1927 - hats, bags, bangles and two ensembles Date: 1927

Indian women in dresses and cloaks Noble woman
Indian women in dresses and cloaks. Noble woman wearing an elegant robe decorated with flowers.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of

Two Indian women, one with bangles and necklaces, with waterjugs.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

India - Fitting on bangles and bracelets, Fyzabad
Black and white. Next to a crouching figure, there is a young girl with a nose ring sitting and holding a baby. Behind her is a large pile of bracelets which seem to be strung together into large

Indian woman carrying a jar. Date: circa 1890s

Girl, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Woman of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

A Mongoose on the Arm
Peggy Hill of Camden Town, London, with her rat-catching mongoose. Date: November 1932

South Africa - Sotho Boys play cards for arm bangles. The Sotho people (Basotho or Basuto) are a Bantu ethnic group whose ancestors have lived in southern Africa since around the fifth century

Grand Chief Bernando and Family - Central African Republic Date: circa 1910s

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

Angles and Curves - hourglass beauty in tiny yellow dress
Angles and Curves - an hourglass beauty in a tiny yellow dress, suspenders and stockings, all curves displayed to their best advantage. Date: early 1940s

Young Kenyan girls of Mandera, Kenya
Young girls in Mandera Kenya Date: 1910s

Alme - Bauty from the Caucasus
" Alme" - a Russian beauty from one of the Southern Turcic States (Turkmenistan?). Date: 1904

Arab Dancers from Tunis, Tunisia
Two beautiful Arab Dancers from Tunis, Tunisia, wearing elaborate metal wrist bracelets and bangles, jewellery, necklaces, shawls, headresses and massive hooped earrings. Date: circa 1910s

A Dinka Man - Sudan, Upper Nile Date: circa 1910s

Three young ladies in evening outfits by Worth
Three fashionable young ladies in evening outfits by Worth. On the left, a casino dress in bright pink satin crepe with black fur border and jet black belt

Algeria - Pretty Dancing girl
A Pretty Moorish dancing girl from Algeria. Date: 1901

Two young ladies in evening dresses by Redfern

Young lady in black evening dress by Jeanne Lanvin
Young lady wearing Turkish style black evening dress trimmed with silver lace and pearls, by Jeanne Lanvin. 1924

Belinda Belville suit, 1962
A box pleat skirt in blue plaid wool worn with a matching jacket and a white felt cloche hat and white sleeveless blouse, by Belinda Belville

Algeria - A couples tender moment, hand in hand Date: circa 1910s

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