Chiefs Collection

Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi: Maori chiefs recognise British sovereignty and New Zealand becomes part of the British Empire

British Empire Marketing Board poster - Takoradi Harbour
Native Chiefs in Palaver, Takoradi Harbour in Ghana, West Africa

Money / Stones / Yap 1885
Two chiefs of Yap Island, western Caroline (Pacific) Islands with three huge perforated stones which were used as currency

Invergarry Castle in the Scottish Highlands - the seat of the Chiefs of the Clan MacDonnell of Glengarry, a powerful branch of the Clan Donald

Zulu / Surrender 1879
The end of the Zulu War - the surrender of native chiefs to Sir G. Wolseley. They sit together on the plains and hold a peace conference

Treaty of Waitangi
Maori chiefs recognise British sovereignty by signing the Treaty of Waitangi

Native Chiefs, Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Native Chiefs at Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

The Royal Tour of Ghana
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on a tour of Ghana, showing their arrival and welcome at Accra airport, and various scenes from the tour itself

American Indians. The Modoc War in America. Lake Tule, with
The American army fought the Modoc Indians at the Lava Beds, California, after the Modoc had killed General Canby and the Rev Dr Thomas at a conference of Modoc chiefs and US Peace Commissioners

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Mirditor chiefs inspecting mountain cottages. Engraving by Charles Baude. La Guerra de Oriente (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume I. 1877.

Clovis I (ca. 466-511). King of the Franks (481-511). Clovis in the midst of the military chiefs who formed his Treuste, or armed court, dictates the Salic law (code of the Barbarian laws)

Moyamba, Sierra Leone, Madam Yoko, Chiefs, Colonial Officers
At Moyamba, the capital and largest city of Moyamba District, in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone ( Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate - British colonial administration) - D.C

Vietnam - Lang Bian Mountain - Sorcerer and Two Moi Chiefs (both preserving their modesty). Date: circa 1910s

Native Americans Indians, Osage and Iroquois Chiefs
Native American Indians, Osage and Iroquois Chiefs. 1876

Chiefs from Arabia and the Gulf visiting the King, 1919
Seeing the sights of London: some of the chiefs from Central Arabia and the Gulf Littoral on a mission to King George V in 1919

Polygars of Tinnevelly (Tirunelveli), Southern India
Polygars (Palaiyakkarars, military chiefs) of Tinnevelly (Tirunelveli), Tamil Nadu (Madras State), Southern India. Date: 1842

The Irish Chiefs and Kings kneel before King Henry II (1133-1189) at Dublin, Ireland

Africa Lake Nyasa Chief's house pre-1900

Chiefs daughter, Samoa

A Samoan Chief's Daughter Victorian period

Cartoon, The Pipe of Peace II
The Great Dry Chief. I was half afraid my navy cut might make you sick; But so far I see no ill effects. Mr Balfour. On the contrary, I could do with it a bit stronger. Date: 1921

Kandy, Celyon, Sri Lanka, group of chiefs
Vintage 19th century photograph: Kandy, Celyon, Sri Lanka, group of chiefs

Group of chiefs and their wives, Kandy, Ceylon, Sri Lanka

British and northern Indian leaders (?) group photo, c.1880 s

Adventures of the Lewis and Clarke Expedition
Captain Meriwether Lewis and William Clarke reaching the Pacific Ocean 46, Indian woman protecting her child from fire under a buffalo hide 47, and Clarke escaping from a river deluge 48

Two Native Indian Chiefs, Calgary Stampede, Canada
Two Native Indian Chiefs and a warhorse, Calgary Stampede, Canada. Date: circa 1930s

David Frances Barry photo - Two young chiefs
Two young chiefs wearing American traditional dress, including beaded moccasin, beaded leather belts, hairpipe buffalo-bone breastplate and choker. The chief on the left is holding an axe

The First Prince of Wales
King Edward Is infant son Edward (later King Edward II), born at Caernarfon Castle, is presented to the Welsh Chieftains as their Prince

EGYPT / CUSTOMS SYRIAN
Syrian chiefs pay tribute to the Egyptians Date: circa 3000 BC

Chiefs house, village in Papua New Guinea
A village in Papua New Guinea, with Chiefs House. Date: 1887

Sandanski and Panitsa - Macedonian Revolutionaries. Yane Ivanov Sandanski (1872-1915) (also known as Pirin Tsar (Pirinski Car) - pictured on left)

American Indians. The Peaceful extinction of the red Indian
In all their war paint, Chiefs of the vanishing Sioux tribe. The Sioux were originally the principle tribe in Dakota. By 1851 they had lost nearly all of their land

Arab Chiefs, Jericho, Palestine

Arab Chiefs, Jericho, Victorian period

Phola Singh Nihang. Watercolour by a Company artist, Punjab, 1865 (c). From the second of two volumes of watercolours titled, The Kingdom of the Punjab

India - Two Rajput Chiefs in Durbar dress, Delhi
Black and white. Two bearded men wearing head wraps and decorated jackets/waistcoats, with white skirts underneath.. Part of India Box, Boswell collection. Slide no. 17 and 39. Date: circa 1890s

Portrait of Canadian Indian Chief Rock Thunder

William Penn - Treaty with the Indians 1682
William Penn - Treaty with the Indians at Shackamaxon, on the Delaware (now Philadelphia) when he founded the province of Pennsylvania, 1682

Muscat, Oman - Two Arab Chieftains Date: circa 1910s

Izmir (Smyrna) - Albanian Tribal Chiefs
Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Albanian Tribal Chiefs

Grand Palaver at Jellah Coffee, 1874
A scene from the Gold Coast - a Grand Palaver at Jellah Coffee between the Administrator and the native kings and chiefs

Stanley / Received
Zaire expedition : he is received by M Tesas bodyguard, prime minister and tribal chiefs

?Ko-i-Staun Foot Soldiery in Summer Costume, Actively employed among the Rocks?

A group of Notable Local Leaders, Syria. Date: circa 1906

The West African Regiment (W. A. R. ) Native African Corps
A traditional Palaver (meeting of Chieftains) staged by members of the West African Regiment (W.A.R.)

Zulu chiefs, South Africa, circa 1888 (Robert Harris studio). Date: circa 1888

Zulu Chief Cetywayo (Cetshwayo), (c. 1826 1884) King of the Zulu Kingdom from 1872 to 1879 and its leader during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879

Western Canada - General Pow-Wow - Old Hudsons Bay Post. Date: 1928

Western Canada - Blackfoot Indian Chiefs Date: 1928

Koyari chiefs from New Guinea
A group of Koyari chiefs, South-East New Guinea Date: circa 1880

Bara, NWFP - Afridis waiting for Jirga (Tribal meeting)
NWFP (North West Frontier Province) - Afridis waiting for Jirga (Gathering / Meeting) of the Heads of a Frontier Tribe at Bara. Date: circa 1920s

Indian Chiefs, Fort Niagara, New York State, USA
Indian Chiefs at the Sally Port, Fort Niagara, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Vehicle with fire chiefs, Denmark
Vehicle containing fire chiefs, Denmark. Date: circa 1915

Chiefs of the Sandwich islands (Hawaii).. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Koskimo chiefs, Quatsino Sound, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

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

Mahmut Sevket Pasa and chief staff
Mahmut Sevket Pasa (18561913) and chief staff - Ottoman soldier and statesman who, in 1909, suppressed a religious uprising, forced the subsequent deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II

VERNET, Emil-Jean-Horace (1789-1863). Meeting of Arabian Chiefs. 1834. Romanticism. Orientalism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Chantilly. Mus饠 Cond頨 Cond頍 useum)

Tomb for Native American chiefs in Virginia. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

NFS (London Region) Fire Force No 34 staff car, WW2
Senior fire officers staff car belonging to Fire Force 34 area. Seen here at Area HQ, Haven Court Green, Haven Green, Ealing. West London

Portrait of Crow Eagle, North Piegan Indian Chief

Four French chiefs sitting on a bench. 1908

Three Kurdish chiefs talking
A group of three Kurdish chiefs talking. One of them holds a spear, another has a sword and two pistols at his side. 1818

Meeting of Saxon Chiefs
The meeting place, known as the mote, was where Saxon chiefs would gather at any time of emergency. Date: Circa 5th - 9th Centuries A.D

New Zealand chief with spear
A New Zealand Chief in traditional costume, holding a spear. 1837

Kandyan Chiefs - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1910s

Senegal - West Africa - St Louis - Native Government
The Native Government in St. Louis, Senegal, West Africa. There are three European young boys standing in the doorway at the back

Gallic Chiefs
In the face of Roman invasion, chiefs of the Gallic tribes swear mutual aid

Grass, Chief of the Sioux
Grass, one of the Chiefs of the Sioux native American Indians at the time of the Sioux Wars. Grass, seen in full feathered head dress, was at that time living near the Missouri River

The Pow-Wow at Black Feet Crossing, September 1881
Illustration showing the Marquis of Lorne and his British officers addressing a group of native American Indian chiefs, Black Feet Crossing, 10th September 1881

American Indians. The peaceful extincion oif the red indian
In all their war paint, Chiefs of the vanishing Sioux tribe. The Sioux were originally the principle tribe in Dakota. By 1851 they had lost nearly all of their land

Three Chippewa Indian chiefs at Montreal, 1849
Three native American Indian chiefs in full ceremonial dress, with beads, necklaces and feathers: Chingwackonce (Little Pine), Nabunagoging (The Eclipse) and Menissino Wenninne (The Great Warrior)

Sioux native American Indian Chiefs outside Buckingham Palac
In 1907, two Sioux native American Indian chiefs, Akish ya and George Kiyiwakan went from Manitoba to London, Great Britain, to air their grievances against the Canadian Government

American Indians. The peaceful extinctoin of the red indian
In all their war paint, Chiefs of the vanishing Sioux tribe. The Sioux were originally the principle tribe in Dakota. By 1851 they had lost nearly all of their land

The end of the Zulu war. Zulu chiefs signing the peace stipu
The Zulu chief Gaozi signing the Peace Declaration in the presence of Mr Herbert, General Colley, Colonel Brackenbury and the architects of the agreement

The End of the Zulu War. Surrender of native chiefs to Sir G
A great assembly of Zulu chiefs greets Sir Garnet Wolseley as he comes to negotiate with them to keep the peace in Zululand at the end of the Zulu War

Coup : Military Chiefs
Army chiefs discuss policy on the eve of Napoleons coup : by and large the army will support Napoleon

Racial / N Africa / Morocco
Five Moroccan people, including two chiefs

Surfing / Sandwich Is
Surfing in the Sandwich Islands - both sexes and all ranks unite in it, and even the very chiefs themselves [Cook]

Racial / Sioux Dance C1830
Dance of the Chiefs - Sioux

Good Fortune Symbols
China The deity Kiang-tse-ya holds good fortune talismans - the Ying and Yang, and a group of symbols from the I-ching

Surrender of Montefrio
Moorish chiefs surrender to Ferdinand and Isabella at Montefrio

Syrian Chiefs Tribute
18th Dynasty : Syrian chiefs pay tribute to the Egyptians

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