Conical Collection

Trulli houses in Alberobello, Italy. Very distinctive white cylindrical buildings with grey slate roofs. circa 1960s

Nude in the style of Jean Agelou (French). Date: circa 1920

Phoenician art. Cyprus. Bust of a bearded man. 6th century BC. Archaic Period. Limestone. It comes from Golgoi (Cyprus). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Great Zimbabwe - The Conical Tower
The majestic remains of a once-thriving trading civilisation who were the ancestors of the Shona peoples of Zimbabwe. Date: circa 1940s

Advert for Festival of Britain constructional engineers
Advertisement for constructional engineers, Horseley Bridge and Thomas Piggott Ltd and Carter-Horseley (Engineers) Ltd

Women rice planters walk along a road to work in Bali
Five young women rice planters walk along a road to work in Bali, Indonesia. They wear Asian conican straw hats. Some of the girls are barefoot. Date: circa 1985

Syria - Village Street near Aleppo Date: circa 1920s

Man and Woman of the Congo. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Lady presenting the prize of the tournament. Chromolithography by Regamey after Tournois du roi Rene, ca. 1489. Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance

History of France. 1400. Ladies and gentlemen of the nobility. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume VI, 1885

History of France. 1400. Ladies and gentlemen of the nobility. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume VI, 1885

History of France. 1400. From left to right: Knight
History of France. 1400. From left to right, 13: Knight of the Golden Fleece, 14: princess, 15: bourgeois woman. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume VI, 1885

Tombstone. Pine cone, dolphins and trident. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. From Archar (Ratiaria), Vidin province, Bulgaria. National Archaeological Museum. Sofia. Bulgaria

Wedding of a young Druze prince. Princess's retinue at Nahr el-Kelb. Wedding march to Mount Lebanon. Engraving by Ransonnette

Ostriches and quagga running in South Africa
Flock of South African ostrich, Struthio camelus australis, and herd of (extinct) quagga, Equus quagga quagga, running across the plains of South Africa

Ahmed Urabi (1841-1911). Egyptian revolutionist. Nationalist military officer in the Egyptian Army

Spain, Andalusia. Holy Week in Seville

The Khedive of Egypt, Tewfik Pasha (1852-1892)
Egyptian financial and political crisis

Portugal, Sines. Nossa Senhora das Salas Church

Portugal, Sines. Nossa Senhora das Salas Church

Portugal, Sines. Nossa Senhora das Salas Church

Portugal, Sintra. National Palace (Palacio da Vila). Medieval royal palace iniciated in the 16th century and remodelated several times until the 19th century. View of the conical chimneys

Portugal, Sintra. National Palace (Palacio da Vila). Medieval royal palace iniciated in the 16th century and remodelated several times until the 19th century. UNESCO World Heritage Site

Congo - Mangbetu Village, Ekibondo - Decorated hut
Congo - Mangbetu Village, Ekibondo - a Decorated hut with conical thatched roof. Date: circa 1920s

Building Huts - Rumbek, Bahr-el-Ghazal, Sudan. Date: circa 1909

History of Africa. Native Bondei people of Bonde
History of Africa. 19th century. Native Bondei people of Bonde. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Turkey. Constantinople - Topkapi Palace or Seraglio
Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Topkapi Palace or Seraglio (Royal residence) from the Golden Horn. Engraving by Lemaitre, Fleury and Lalaisse

Turkey. Constantinople. Galata Tower
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Galata Tower or Tower of Christ. It was buit in 1348 during an expansion of the Genoese colony in Constantinople

Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam, Reis Efendi and Khadjedhian
Turkey. Administration of the Ottoman Empire. From left to right: Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam, Reis Efendi and Khadjedhian, member of the Divan. Historia de Turquia, 1840

Ottoman Empire. Turkey - Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam
Turkey. Administration of the Ottoman Empire. From left to right: Grand Vizier, Kaim-Mekam, Reis Efendi and Khadjedhian, member of the Divan. Historia de Turquia, 1840

Nuu-chah-nulth (Nutka) culture. Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast in Canada. Hat made of vegetable fiber. Last third of the 18th century. Vancouver Island, Canada

Man and woman of Cacongo, on the coast of Loango, 1818. (Angola, West Africa). The man carries a small round wooden boat on his back, and another man climbs a palm tree behind him

Dapper Regency lad
Torso of a young Regency man wearing a brown great coat with capes and a black conical hat. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1903

Native Americans of the Northwest
Chugach man of Prince Williams Sound in conical decorated hat, nose ornament, and labrets of walrus ivory in his lower lip

Woman of the court of Rene I of Naples, 1409-1480
Woman of the court of Rene d Anjou or Rene I of Naples, 1409-1480. She wears tall hennin conical hat with veil, red velvet dress over green petticoat

Lady in waiting to Isabelle of Bavaria, wife of King Charles VI, 1389. She wears a tall conical bonnet with long veil, necklace, and gold dress with high waist and ermine hem, crakows or poulaines

Berber musicians of the Bey of Tunis and comedians, 1828
Costumes of the Berber musicians of the Bey of Tunis, and comedians or Saitari, Tunisia, 1828

Costumes of the Vietnamese, circa 1800
Costumes of the Vietnamese: woman in layered tunics of various colors at left, man with parasol, woman in conical hat with pipe, soldier with sabre and shield, etc

Helmets and armour of the 14th century. Conical helm 1, trellis helm 2, round helm 3, frogmouth helm with visor 4, chainmail and surcoat 5, and breastplate with lance rest 6

Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Danish, Sir Hugh Bardulf
Anglo-Saxon warrior chief in tunic and conical helmet 1, Anglo-Danish soldiers in chainmail armour 2, the knight Sir Hugh Bardulf in chainmail armour 13th century 3

Costume of the late 15th century, from a scene of murder
Costume of the late 15th century from a scene of murder: men in skrimp doublets, padded shoulders, tight sleeves, hats with a single feather and high boots

Freneuse, France - The Pigeon
An 18th century Manorial Dovecote (" pigeonnier seigneurial" ) at Freneuse a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. Date: circa 1910s

Smart young couple sat on the beach in deckchairs
Candid seaside photograph of a smart young couple sat on the beach in deckchairs before a row of delightful beach huts with conical roofs. circa 1920s

Ethiopian Noblewoman with two attendants carrying possessions in two ornate baskets with conical lids. Date: late 1930s

Pointy Medieval Hat
A medieval fancy dress costume showing the late 14th century French fashion of the Hennin or steeple headdress worn with a veil. Date: 1930s

Traditional Cambodian Dancers

Bribri Indian Shaman & Conical House, Costa Rica
The Head Shaman of the Bribri People of the Talamanca Province, Costa Rica - pictured in front of the Conical House. The Bribri spiritual practice is centred on the conical house

Thatcheria mirabilis, Japanese wonder shell
This spectacularly spiralling shellfish is a member of the Turrid family who catch their prey by harpooning them with a modified radula (tooth) and poisoning them with a nerve toxin

Offerng female Iberian sculpture. 2nd-3rd centuries BC
Female Iberian sculpture in offering attitude, carrying a offering glass. 2nd-3rd centuries BC. Limestone. Robed and veiled conical miter

Camel caravan passing through Kafar Tkerime nr Aleppo, Syria
A Camel caravan passing the interesting conical houses at the village of Kafar Tkerime near Aleppo, Syria. They were built in this style to remain cool during the hot summer months. Date: circa 1950s

Engraved Jacobite airtwist drinking glass, 1760 (c). The bell bowl is engraved with an open thistle and two buds and a single moth, on a double-knopped mufti-spiral airtwist stem and conical foot

A Girl from Rattvik in traditional costume - Sweden
A Girl from Rattvik, Rattvik Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden - in traditional costume. Date: 1922

Beehive Houses - village of Kafar Tkerime nr Aleppo, Syria
Interesting conical houses at the village of Kafar Tkerime near Aleppo, Syria. Built in this style to remain cool during the hot summer months. Date: circa 1930s

The Mausoleum - St-Remy-de-Provence, France
Mausoleum of the Julii (about 40 BCE) - One of les Antiques - two amazingly well-preserved structures at the site of the Roman City of Glanum at Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France. Date: 1927

Burmese Princess in Traditional costume (State Robes). Date: circa 1903

Berlin Gold Hat. Fine gold leaf. 1000 BC
Berlin Gold Hat. Thin gold leaf. Late Bronze Age. 1000 BC. Detail. Unknown origin, probably South Germany. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Mevlana Museum. Turkey
Mevlana Museum at the Mevlana Monastery, of the dervishes monks. Exterior. Konya. Turkey

Syria. Damascus. Ottoman architecture. The Tekkiye Mosque. Built on the orders of Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the architect Mimar Sinan between 1554 and 1560

Lillehammer, Norway - Hollow Tree Trunk Room now in the Maihaugen open air museum. Historically thought to have been used for some form of counterfeiting (note the printing press inside)

Traditional House at Foumban, Cameroon, Africa
Traditional House at Foumban (Fumban), Cameroon, Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Party hats at the dining table - Christmas Day 1950s
A superb photograph showing a Father and Grandmother wearing conical (and comical!) party hats at the dining table on Christmas Day, early 1950s. Date: early 1950s

Peridot
Crystal of peridot from Zebirget (St Johns Island), Red Sea. Peridot is the gemstone variety of olivine (magnesium iron silicate)

Romania - Traditional National Costume
Romanian man in traditional national costume of patterned embroidered jacket, wide sleeves and skirt with conical hat and high-laced boots. circa 1910

Osorno Volcano, Chile, South America
Osorno Volcano - a 2652m (8, 701 ft) tall conical stratovolcano lying between Osorno Province and Llanquihue Province, in Los Lagos Region of Chile

Housebuilders in Uganda, Africa. Date: circa 1907

Glastonbury, Somerset - The Abbotts Kitchen - The Abbey Date: circa 1940

Ceil Well, Baku - Azerbaijan - producing Petrol and naphta. Date: circa 1905

Interesting conical houses near Hama, Syria. Built in this style to remain cool during the hot summer months. Date: circa 1906

Kafar Tkerime near Aleppo, Syria
Villagers amid the interesting conical houses of Kafar Tkerime near Aleppo, Syria. Date: circa 1908

St. Patricks Holy Well, Struell - a view of the conical entrance to the Holy well and other buildings to the rear. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Downpatrick). Date: circa early 1900s

Killard Point and Guns Island, Co. Down - an elevated view looking to the island over a beach, on the beach are six conical tents and a building in the distance

The Ladies Pool, Mourne Park. Kilkeel - a view over the pool to two ladies sitting amongst vegetation and in front of a thatched conical hut. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Kilkeel)

Turkey. Istanbul. Ortakapi Gate (Middle Gate). Access to Topkapi Palace. Built in 1524 by Suleiman the Magnificent

Head of a male statue. Idalion, Cyprus
Head of a male statue with conical helmet. Terracotta. 7th-6th centuries BC. Idalion, Cyprus. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Head from a statue of a warrior with conical helmet. 625-600
Head from a statue of a warrior with conical helmet. Terracotta. 625-600 BC. Neo-Cypriot style. From the Sanctuary of Apollo, Phrangissa, Tamassos. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Spain. Andalusia. Sevilla. Isla de la Cartuja. Chimneys of the ceramic tile factory installed in the Monastry of Our Lady of the Caves (Monastery of The Cartuja)

Lindisfarne at dusk
The conical mass of Holy Island (Lindisfarne), which rises from the sea in tiers and cliffs off the mouth of Lamlash Bay. Date: 1960s

C11th Dress / Pope & King
A Pope & a King wearing embroidered super-tunics & mantles. The king wears a crown, the pope a tall conical hat. The servants tunic & cloak are dagged. Date: 11th century

Officials Dress
Officials wear long gowns or houppelandes - one has dagged side vents & a pleated front. N.B long huke, jacket & various hats including some with tall conical crowns. Date: 15th century

Family Shower / Leech
A family prepare to partake of a shower. The servants fill up the shower head with hot water as the family members don conical hats and towels - some require encouragement! Date: 1850

Fashions of the wives of burghers from the early 18th century.. Including wide-brimmed conical hats, lace collars, gloves, tight bodices and full skirts

Dress of the reign of King Edward IV, 1461-1470.. She wears a tall conical headdress with long falling veil, and a fur-trimmed striped dress with open collar

Elderly Swiss Couple - Valais
An elderly couple from Loueche les Bain in the Valais region Switzerland. The old man fills his pipe and carries a large conical wicker basket on his back

Sudan - A Shilluk man outside his house Date: circa 1910s

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