C Ulture Collection (page 10)

Folklore group dancing in Funchal, Madeira
A folklore group from the village of Camacha, dancing in the street in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira

Three Camacha girls, Funchal, Madeira
Three girls from a folklore group from the village of Camacha, seen here in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. They appear to be clapping in time to music

Camacha woman with flowers, Funchal, Madeira
A woman from a folklore group from the village of Camacha, walking through the streets of Funchal, the capital city of Madeira, with a large basket of flowers on her head

Pratapeswar Temple, Kalna, West Bengal, India
Terracotta carvings above the entrance to the Pratapeswar Hindu Temple in Kalna, known as the Temple City, in West Bengal, India. The temple was built in the mid-19th century

The Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany
The Jewish Museum, formerly the Supreme Court building (Kollegienhaus), in Berlin, Germany, built in 1737. The exhibits cover two millennia of German Jewish history

The Congress Hall (Haus der Kulturen der Welt), Germanys national centre for contemporary non-European art, in the Tiergarten park, Berlin

The Zeughaus (German Historical Museum), Berlin
The Zeughaus, Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany. Completed in 1730 in baroque style, it was originally used as an artillery arsenal

Schiller memorial, Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin
The memorial to Friedrich von Schiller in front of the theatre and concert hall in the Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin, Germany

Buddhas in a temple, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Seated Buddhas in a multi-religious temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sculptures, Sri Sivasubramaniya Swamy Temple, Colombo, Sri L
Sculptures at the Sri Sivasubramaniya Swamy Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka -- a venue for the annual Hindu Vel Festival

Sri Sivasubramaniya Swamy Temple, Colombo, Sri Lanka
The Sri Sivasubramaniya Swamy Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka -- a venue for the annual Hindu Vel Festival

Mask dancer in Kerala, India
A cultural mask dance in Cochin, Kerala State, India

Croatian National Theatre building at Rijeka, Croatia
View of the Croatian National Theatre building, named after the musician Ivan Zajc, in the city of Rijeka, Croatia

Admiralty Islands - decorated gourds
Decorated gourds from the Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. Pen & Ink with watercolour wash drawings by Raymond Sheppard

Ceramic Jar of the Navaho & Apache
Decorated ceramic jar from the southwestern United States - from a Navaho & Apache tribal pueblo. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Bernhard Rust
Prussian culture minister, Bernhard Rust, opens the Berlin art exhibition in 1933

Poster advertising courses in Italy
Poster advertising university courses in Italy and Sicily

Poster advertising Canuto Berea musical instruments
Poster advertising Canuto Berea y Compagnia for musical instruments, in particular pianos, based in La Coruna, Spain. A classical scene is depicted

Poster of Africa for a film distributor, AGDC
Poster of Africa, showing the territory of a French film distributor, the AGDC, l Alliance Generale de Distribution Cinematographique

Rehearsal for unveiling of Victoria Memorial
A rehearsal for the unveiling of the Victoria Memorial, a Grade I listed building at the centre of Queens Gardens in front of Buckingham Palace, Central London

George V and Mary laying foundation stone, Aberystwyth
King George V and Queen Mary laying the foundation stone for the National Library at Aberystwyth, Wales. The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) and Princess Mary are also present

St Jamess Music Hall, Piccadilly, London
St Jamess Music Hall is located between Regent Street and Piccadilly, and can be entered from either. This is the Piccadilly entrance

Three Turkish Women - veiled
Three veiled Turkish women. Interestingly showing their ankles - showing a certain level of relaxation on the stringent dress code for women in the Ottoman Empire

M. Leon Coutier finishing a hand-axe of Acheulean type
How stone-age tools were made: a modern recontruction of prehistoric skill. Coutier seen striking light blows along the roughed-out edge with a boxwood hammer

Poster advertising an Art Exhibition in Neuchatel
Poster advertising the 11th National Arts Exhibition in Neuchatel, Switzerland, from 15 September to 15 November 1912

General Francis Pittie / Gill
General Francis Pittie (born 1829) chief of the Elysee Military Cabinet and an officer of culture who produced a novel, a volume of verse, and numerous review articles

The Duke and Duchess of Leinster at the opera
The Duke and Duchess of Leinster at the Grand Opera season at Covent Garden. The Duchess of Leinster married the Duke in December 1932 and was previously Mrs Van Neck

The Sunday Question
Cartoon asking whether the working class should spend Sunday in the public house, or being educated in a museum or art gallery

Tea Culture in India: 1. Bridge over the River Ool, on the Road to Kulu. 2. Rolling the leaves by hand. 3. Weighing and packing for the London market. 4

Al-Azhar University and Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 975. The chief centre of Arabic literature and Sunni Islamic learning in the world and the worlds second oldest surviving degree granting university

Ahmed Schukri Bey
Turkish Minister of Culture and Education during the First World War

Jardin D Acclimatation - Bois de Boulogne in Paris
The French set up the Jardin D Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris and brought in examples of native material culture and traditional costume

The Chiefs House, Tuscarora Indian Village
This depiction of the American Indian Chiefs house, at Tuscarora, shows how quickly the native Americans were expected to integrate into European style living

USA Painted Rocks
Some of the painted rocks of Native American culture in Arizona

Woman Weighing Herself
A woman in a suit weighs herself on a set of weighing scales outside an opticians shop

Great Zimbabwe / Ruins
The majestic remains of a once thriving trading civilisation who were the ancestors of the Shona peoples of Zimbabwe

Paris Exhib Temple 1900
People visit the interior of the Khmer Temple

Tattooing Day, Samoa
TATTOOING DAY IN SAMOA A Matai (= tattooer) works on a young man : he does about 40 cm2 in an hours session, continued at intervals till the operation is completed

Bubonic Plague Bacillus
Bacillus of bubonic plague - smear and culture : discovered by Yersin at Hong- Kong, 1894

Khmer Ruins
Ruins of the old Khmer culture at Battambang, Cambodia

Teenage Rampage
A rebellious group of English teenagers with their motorbikes, wearing leathers, joking, snogging and swigging shandy!

Tattoed Savages C1890
Two tattoed Native American Indians on the warpath

Sunbathing Consequences
When these ladies change from their bathing costumes into their evening dresses, the consequences of sunbathing can be seen

European Culture / Ethiopi
The Italians, having conquered Ethiopia, bestow the benefits of European culture, such as the trappings of Roman Catholicism

Books / Goldsmith Citizen
The Citizen of the World, or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher residing in London to his friends in the East

Advert / Hair Growth Cap
A remarkable invention for the culture of hair, the Evans Vacuum Cap promises a new healthy growth of hair or your money back

Tattooing, New Zealand
A Maori tattooist decorates a warriors back

Weight / Keep your Figger
Fat lady admires her own substantial reflection in the mirror: " Whatever you do, girls - keep your figger!"

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