Customs Collection (page 7)

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

Turkey. Turkish baths for women. Engraving, 19th century
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Turkish baths for women. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

The Ducking Stool, Fordwich, Kent Date: 1909

Three Japanese Gifts for Felicitous Events, Mitsukoshi Department Store, Osaka. Top: Symbol of Supreme Felicity - red and white silk crepe, pine foliage, crane and tortoise

Japanese Hina Dolls - associated with an annual Dolls Festival on 3 March each year, a special day, especially for girls, who display their dolls and invite guests to a grand dinner'

Dance of Korean King by Sai Shoki, from Baku Ishii's dance school, who also appeared in a film, The Dancer from the Peninsula or The Dancing Girl of Izu (1933)

Sydney as Macquarie Found It
A painting depiction of Sydney, circa 1809, as Governor Lachlan Macquarie found it. On the left hand side is Government House and its garden

Breda Nardi-Hughes NH-500MC MM80965 - GdiF-63
Guarda di Finanza - Breda Nardi-Hughes NH-500MC MM80965 / GdiF-63 (msn 0235M), at the Paris Airshow, held at Le Bourget airport on 7 June 1975

Introducing a Lady to Her Majesty Queen Charlotte
Debutante Ceremony of Introducing a Lady to Her Majesty Queen Charlotte at the Court of St James's, 1766 Date: 1766

Beating the Bounds, Bloomsbury, London Date: 19th century

Canadair C-4 Argonaut G-ALHS (msn 164), of the Republic of Biafra government, at Castle Donington in October 1969. First operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation as Astra

Native American burial houses. 19th century

View of Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Patachos man opening a coconut, and hunter with bow and arrows.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Carib family of Surinam, 19th century.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Florida women crouch before a rival chief after a battle.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Funeral of Edward VII, St George's Chapel, Windsor
Funeral of King Edward VII in St George's Chapel, Windsor, on 20 May 1910. Date: 1910

Cremating bodies at the waterside, India. Date: circa 1890s

Wood for cremations, Benares (Varanasi), India
Wood piled up in preparation for cremations at Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s

Victorian Birds Eye View Burial Death Customs
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Funeral procession in Kashgar, western China
A funeral procession makes its way in the distance in Kashgar, western China. Date: 1932

Changing of the Guard, St James's Palace, London
Changing of the Guard at St James's Palace, Central London. The colours are tied with black crepe in honour of the recent death of King Edward VII. Date: 1910

Wassail Bowl on New Years Eve
A tradition on New Years Eve where people in the village go door-to-door, singing and offering a drink from the bowl full of hot mulled wine, a mix of cider

BURMESE DEAD HONOURED
Honouring the spirits of the dead in a Burmese (Myanmar) village. Date: 1909

CUSTOMS/SUTTEE
Women prepare for a suttee of a Hindu widow Date: circa 1840

A wedding cake to be proud of, for the wedding of a British couple in India. Date: 1920

RACIAL/MANDAN CEMETERY
Mandan cemetery: the ring of skulls is where the ceremonies take place; beyond are the platforms on which the bodies of the dead are laid Date: circa 1830

A German custom where walnut shells are floated in a bowl of water, either the walnut comes together or drawn to the side, according to their movements it brings good luck or ill-luck. Date: 1908

HELPING LADY FROM CAR
Ladies frequently encounter difficulty in emerging gracefully from an automobile, so it's nice to have a gentleman on hand to assist one Date: 1927

THE CORONATION RING - Edward the Confessor giving a ring to a beggar (in fact St John the Evangelist in disguise); a ring representing this one has been used at Coronations ever since

The Coronation Book of Henry I - a 12th century manuscript of St John's Gospel, said to have been used for the taking of the Coronation Oath from Henry I to Henry VIII

CORONATION/CHAMPION ENGL
The Champion of England, head of the House of Dymoke, Lincolnshire - it was a tradition for him to appear at every coronation until that of George IV in 1821 Date: -

FUNERAL, ANCIENT EGYPT
The body is borne in a boat- like sarcophagus, while retainers accompany the procession bearing treasures which archeologists will be delighted to re-discover

CHRISTMAS, SAXONY
The people of Sachsen (Saxony) see no reason why the dead shouldn't enjoy Christmas as much as the living, so they decorate their graves with Christmas trees Date: 1881

ZULU GIRLS BURIED ALIVE
When Muande, mother of Zulu chief Tchaka, dies, she is given an extravagant send-off, one feature of which is that ten girls are buried alive alongside her Date: mid 19th century

Sacrifice Guinea Customs Human 1737 King Dies
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ETRUSCANS BURN DEAD BC
ANCIENT ETRUSCANS The body of a dead woman is carried to the funeral pyre where she will be cremated Date: BC

MADAGASCAR INFANTICIDE
A Madagascar couple lay their infant in the road along which cattle are driven, so that the animals will trample it and bear the responsibility for its death Date: 1845

MANDAN CEMETERY 1830S
A cemetery of the Mandan people. The ring of skulls is where ceremonies take place, beyond are the platforms on which the bodies of the dead are laid Date: 1830s

A fiddler plays for the dancers by the maypole on the village green Date: early 19th century

BURIAL IN CATACOMBS
An early Christian burial in the catacombs of Rome Date: 1st century

Matchgirl Tree Customs Christmas Freezes Death
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DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER
The DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER'S BILL is pushed through Parliament by Lord Dalhousie, allowing a man to marry his dead wife's sister if he chooses and she agrees Date: 1883

TIBETANS YAK SACRIFICE
Tibetans sacrificing a yak : at the death of a tribesman the animal is precipitated from a high cliff on which it has been driven Date: 1905

CUSTOMS/BAPTISM
Die Wiedertaufe - literally, re-baptism - in medieval Germany Date: 15/16th century

MARRIAGE/BELGIUM 1950
At Campine, when a widow marries again, the neighbours thoughtfully improvise a band to keep the ghost of her dead husband away Date: 1950

REMARRIAGE CUSTOM
At Campine, when a widow marries again, the neighbours thoughtfully improvise a band to keep the ghost of her dead husband away Date: 1950

CORONATION LEGEND
The Legend of the Coronation Stone. Jacob sleeping on the Stone at Bethel. Edward I dedicating the Stone to the Confessor. The wanderings of the Stone. A Westminster scholar's freak in 1801

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