Beads Collection (page 7)

Miss Octavia Barry
An almost full-length portrait of Miss Octavia Barry, a popular singer, in a colourful costume, with a feather fan in her hand. Date: early 20th century

Rain on a Skylight
Rain on a skylight. Date: 1939

Iron Tail - Chief of the Sioux Tribe in his full ceremonial traditional costume Date: 1901

India - Darjeeling - a Tibetan Monk
India - Darjeeling - a Tibetan Buddlist Lama (Monk) begging, carrying a tamborine and small horn pipe Date: circa 1907

Two young ladies in evening dresses by Redfern

Indigenous American Baby in a papoose
Indigenous Americans Baby in a decorated papoose Date: circa 1910

Mary Bad Eyes and Papoose (baby). Date: 1912

Two ladies in dresses by Martial et Armand and Doeuillet
Two fashionable young ladies in the latest dresses. On the left, a sleeveless mauve dress in satin crepe with black and gold lace detail, by Martial et Armand

Young lady in patterned dress by Philippe and Gaston
Young lady wearing a white crepe embroidered long sleeved Scottish style patterned dress, by Philippe and Gaston. 1924

Outfits by Doeuillet, Beer and Drecoll
Three young ladies wearing the latest spring outfits. On the left, a brown 3/4 length coat with black fur on cuffs and high standing collar, with tie at the hips, by Doeuillet

Young lady in green theatre dress by Beer
Young lady wearing green theatre dress with fur-trimmed border and a diamond patterned belt, by Beer. 1924

Maharajah Holkar of Indore, India
The Maharajah Holkar of Indore (Tukojirao Holkar III) (reigned 1903-1926). " Who, for the war, offered free of charge all horses in his State Army which might be suitable for Government

Young Woman from Senegal wearing only a decorated loincloth and an orange necklace. Date: circa 1910s

A pretty English girl
The caption to this card on the reverse reads: " This is REAL PHOTOGRAPH of a BRITISH beauty" !! Date: circa 1910

Male Hippy on Stage
HIPPIES A male hippy, wearing little more than a full length floral coat, beads and facial paint, sings on stage at the Love-In at Woburn Park, England. Date: August 1967

Reading on Windy Day
A Spanish lady trying to read on a windy day. She holds on to her hat while her scarf and necklace blow behind her and Autumn leaves blow around her. Date: 1928

Miss Lascelles Costume
Miss Annie Lascelles, singer, wears a gown with a skirt comprised of 3 flounces that appear to be decorated with beads. The bodice is trimmed with rows of lace & fringing Date: 1850s

Blue headscarf with plumes 1924

Britannia and Eve magazine, October 1934
Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous 1930s woman wearing a white beret-style hat, green beaded necklace and bright red lips

So Shy by Muriel Dawson
A little girl, with big brown eyes gazes at the viewer, wearing blue beads and a large white sun hat with her red dress

Gypsy Nell by Muriel Dawson
A sweet looking little girl with dark hair and eyes wearing a necklace of orange beads

A man and Woman of Goa (India). A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Two richly adorned Georgian Jews walk to the synagogue in Tbilisi, Georgia

Buddhist Priest in Northern India (Tibet)
Buddhist Tibetan Monk/Priest

Algerian Chieftain
A affluent Algerian chief, with high headdress, hand on belt knife and a long string of dark beads around his neck

Young sugar cane vendors - Alexandria, Egypt
Young sugar cane sellers at Alexandria, Egypt. One girls nibbles the end of a piece of the sweet cane

Bead Seller, Constantinople
A seller of strings of beads, Constantinople

Hindu Temple - Trinidad
Hindu Temple and Priest, Trinidad. Nowadays, 25% of the population is Hindu

Turkish Professor reading a text
A Turkish professor, wearing a large white turban, lies down to readi a text on a fine Turkish carpet (or four!) with a Hookah Pipe on a small hexagonal Mother-of-pearl inlaid table behind him

Reclining Turkish Woman
A fine photograph postcard depiction of a reclining Turkish woman, holding a string of prayer beads (Tesbih)

A Constantinople fantasy harem lady dancing exotically, Turkey

Medressa (religious school) & 2 Mevlevi Dervishes
Medressa (religious school - studying Koran) and two Mevlevi Dervishes. The Sheikh holds a tesbih (string of 99 prayer beads). Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Oriental Ottoman Beauty
An Ottoman beauty from Egypt, with large hooped earrings, beads, headdress and floral jerkin

Oriental Beauty from Constantinople
An Oriental Beauty from Constantinople with fancy headdress and many layers of beads. These women are known as the nomads and they are decorated by their men, who weigh them down with jewellery!

Young turkish beauty
An attractive young Turkish girl in alluring attire with beads in her hair and large jewelled earrings, gazes out over the rooftops of the city of Constantinople

Turkish Beauty
A Turkish beauty in pastel shades of green and pink

Hill Coolie Girl - India
A Hill Coolie Girl from a Northern Indian Hill Tribe

Humourous postcard - Foreign Tourists
A funny cartoon, lampooning tourists to Egypt as Pigeons plucked by Egyptian Vultures

Ladies from Trabzon (on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province) and Presrend

Kashgar Trip - Uyghur Woman - Headdress
Indigenous Uyghur woman of Kashgar with a remarkable headdress. A wonderful photographic portrait by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Sudanese curio seller in Port Said, Egypt - ready to catch the passing shipping trade and the tourists that brings to the port

Zulu man in marital costume, southern Africa

Woman from Albania near Scutari
Woman from the Mountain region of Albania near Scutari in traditional costume

Chorotes Indians - Jujuy Province, Argentina
Chorotes Indians - Jujuy Province, Ledesma, Argentina

Arabs from Mecca. The man on the left holds a tesbih, a string of beads which can be counted off to match the 99 Names of God

Lady playing with a long string of pearls
An elegantly-dressed Lady with ginger hair, seated and playing with a long string of pearls, with pink roses scattered across her lap

Two Zulu Women
Absolutely fabulous postcard depicting two Zulu Women, wearing traditional multi-coloured bead and animal hide tabards, their hair shaped up into thin conical forms and wearing bright necklaces

The Sphere fashion number 1925
Front cover illustration for The Spheres fashion number in 1925 showing three elegant women perusing a magazine

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