Chiefs Collection

Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi: Maori chiefs recognise British sovereignty and New Zealand becomes part of the British Empire. This was designed to guarantee land rights to the Maoris

British Empire Marketing Board poster - Takoradi Harbour
Native Chiefs in Palaver, Takoradi Harbour in Ghana, West Africa. Native chiefs meeting a British official or governor of the area during a period when large parts of Africa still formed part of

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

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

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. In October 1171, King Henry landed with a large army in Ireland to establish control over both the Anglo-Normans

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

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

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)

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

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

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. From left to right, Folu, King of Jellah Coffee; Adjaba

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

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?. One of 30 coloured lithographs, from the series

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.), the only Imperial Native Corps in Africa - possibly at one of the large exhibition halls in

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

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