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Ethnic Collection (page 42)

Background imageEthnic Collection: Man with sword and straw hat, Japan

Man with sword and straw hat, Japan
Vintage 19th century photograph - early photographic portrait from Japan, probably the work of the Japanese photographer Shimooka Renjo - man with sword and straw hat

Background imageEthnic Collection: Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - vegetable shop Chaldean cu

Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - vegetable shop Chaldean cu
Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - vegetable shop and a Chaldean customer. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageEthnic Collection: Caucasus Georgia - members of Caucasian highland tribe

Caucasus Georgia - members of Caucasian highland tribe
Caucasus Georgia - members of a Caucasian highland tribe. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageEthnic Collection: Snake charmer, Tangier, Morocco

Snake charmer, Tangier, Morocco. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageEthnic Collection: Eskimos in the snow on a Christmas card

Eskimos in the snow on a Christmas card
Eskimos in the snow with igloo and reindeer on a Christmas card with an ornate white and gold border. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageEthnic Collection: Maori woman, New Zealand

Maori woman, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageEthnic Collection: Family of the Tho ethnic group, Lang Son, Vietnam

Family of the Tho ethnic group, Lang Son, Vietnam
Several Generations of a family of the Tho ethnic group (also Keo, Mon, Cuoi, Ho, Tay Poong) from Lang Son (Lang Son Province)

Background imageEthnic Collection: Fulani village, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa

Fulani village, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa
Fulani village, part of Cape Coast, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa. The Fulani, described here as desert tribes from the Sahara, imported their own style of building. Date: circa 1924

Background imageEthnic Collection: Shilluk warrior, South Sudan

Shilluk warrior, South Sudan
A Shilluk (Chollo) warrior in an ornate headdress, near the River Nile, South Sudan. Shilluks are typically tall and slim, and wear a variety of ornaments. Date: 1936

Background imageEthnic Collection: Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) Toucouleurs (Fula) Woman

Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) Toucouleurs (Fula) Woman
A Fula (Toucouleurs) Woman from Bukina Faso (Upper Volta), a landlocked country in West Africa. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageEthnic Collection: Merv - Turkmenistan - Turkomen selling sweets at market

Merv - Turkmenistan - Turkomen selling sweets at market
Turkmenistan - Turkomen selling sweets at market andria and Antiochia in Margiana - a major oasis-city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, located near todays Mary in Turkmenistan

Background imageEthnic Collection: A Kabyle musician with her Tam-Tam. Algeria, North Africa

A Kabyle musician with her Tam-Tam. Algeria, North Africa
A female Kabyle musician sits cross-legged holding her Tam-Tam (a type of gong). The Kabyle are a Berber ethnic group originating from Kabilya in Northern Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageEthnic Collection: Native Indians, Guatemala, Central America

Native Indians, Guatemala, Central America
Native Mayan Indians (K iche), in the town of Chichicastenango (also known as Santo Tomas), Guatemala, Central America. Date: circa 1908

Background imageEthnic Collection: Smoke Signal Statue, Pioneer Park, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Smoke Signal Statue, Pioneer Park, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Smoke Signal Statue, dedicated to the Nebraska Indian, Pioneer Park, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Date: 1941

Background imageEthnic Collection: Five children on a roundabout in a park

Five children on a roundabout in a park. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageEthnic Collection: Uighurs dancing, Xinjiang, north west China

Uighurs dancing, Xinjiang, north west China
Uighurs performing their national dance, Xinjiang, north west China. Date: 1953

Background imageEthnic Collection: Batak girls of Sumatra, Indonesia

Batak girls of Sumatra, Indonesia
A group of Batak girls of Sumatra, Indonesia. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageEthnic Collection: Woman with alligator, Chipperfields Circus

Woman with alligator, Chipperfields Circus
Woman with an alligator in a cage, a Chipperfields Circus act. Date: circa 1964

Background imageEthnic Collection: Fijian troops for the Front, WW1

Fijian troops for the Front, WW1
A detachment of native Fijian soldiers of the Imperial Forces posing in camp (presumably in Britain somewhere) with their British officer. Date: 1914

Background imageEthnic Collection: Whatas or Patukas - Maori Food Storehouses

Whatas or Patukas - Maori Food Storehouses. They are elevated from the ground by posts, to protect their contents from rats. Top left is an ordinary patuka for holding seeds

Background imageEthnic Collection: New Zealand Maori Ornaments and Decorations

New Zealand Maori Ornaments and Decorations. They are an ear ornament, real or imitation teeth, grotesque figures (tiki), earrings, a tail feather, a shell, wooden combs, a fly catcher

Background imageEthnic Collection: African Tribe - Central Africa

African Tribe - Central Africa Date: circa 1900

Background imageEthnic Collection: Maori group, New Zealand

Maori group, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageEthnic Collection: Indigenous Selk nam Indian, Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Chile

Indigenous Selk nam Indian, Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Chile
Indigenous Selk nam Indian of Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena, Chile - toward the southernmost point on the South American mainland

Background imageEthnic Collection: Indigenous Selk nam Indians, Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Chile

Indigenous Selk nam Indians, Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Chile
Indigenous Selk nam Indian Woman of Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena, Chile - toward the southernmost point on the South American mainland, pictured with her laden horse

Background imageEthnic Collection: Syrian Turks - Aleppo, Syria

Syrian Turks - Aleppo, Syria
Syrian Turks (Turks in Syria, Syrian Turkoman or Syrian Turkmen) - Syrian citizens of Turkish descent, living in the Syrian provinces of the Ottoman Empire before its dissolution

Background imageEthnic Collection: The Cotton Harvest at Bondoukou, Ivory Coast

The Cotton Harvest at Bondoukou, Ivory Coast
The Cotton Harvest at Bondoukou (Bonduku, Bontuku) a town in the Bondoukou Department of Ivory Coast, located in the Zanzan Region. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageEthnic Collection: Bamum Woman - Cameroon - Extensive back scarification

Bamum Woman - Cameroon - Extensive back scarification
A Bamum Woman and child from Cameroon, Central Africa, showing dramatic and extensive back scarification in regular patterns. Date: circa early 1930s

Background imageEthnic Collection: Ainu Couple - Japan

Ainu Couple - Japan
The Ainu (also called Aynu, Aino and in historical texts Ezo) - indigenous people or groups in Japan (Hokkaido) and Russia (Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands). Ainu men often wear heavy beards

Background imageEthnic Collection: Congo - Women from the Kasai region

Congo - Women from the Kasai region
Democratic Republic of Congo - Women from Kasai. Date: circa 1901

Background imageEthnic Collection: Vietnam - Musicians of the Mois (Binh Thuan Province)

Vietnam - Musicians of the Mois (Binh Thuan Province). The Mountain People ( Mois is actually a derogatory term) are The Degar, also known as the Montagnard

Background imageEthnic Collection: Kabardin Woman - Georgia

Kabardin Woman - Georgia
A Woman of the Kabarda or Kabard (terms referring to a people of the northern Caucasus more commonly known by the plural term Kabardin)

Background imageEthnic Collection: Tunusic Shaman from Turukhansk, Siberia, Russia

Tunusic Shaman from Turukhansk, Siberia, Russia
Among the Tungusic peoples of Siberia, shamanism is widespread. This picture shows a Shaman from Turukhansk, a village (selo) in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Siberia

Background imageEthnic Collection: Myanmar - Girls from Kachin State

Myanmar - Girls from Kachin State
Two ethnic Kachin Girls from the Northern Kachin State in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageEthnic Collection: Seminole Indian - Billy Bowlegs III

Seminole Indian - Billy Bowlegs III
Billy Bowlegs III, Billy Fewell, aka Cofehapkee (18621965) - a Seminole elder (also of African-American descent). A tribal historian in Florida. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageEthnic Collection: Swahili People of Tanzania

Swahili People of Tanzania
Group of Swahili people - a Bantu ethnic group and culture found in East Africa. This group come from Tanzania (formerly German East Africa). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageEthnic Collection: Wild Men (Veddahs) - Sri Lanka

Wild Men (Veddahs) - Sri Lanka
Wild Men (Veddahs or Veddas) - Sri Lanka. The pure Veddhas, are related to the Austro-Asiatic peoples found scattered today in many parts of southern Asia

Background imageEthnic Collection: Nivkh People - Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Russia

Nivkh People - Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Russia
The Nivkh - an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the northern half of Sakhalin Island and the region of the Amur River estuary in Russias Khabarovsk Krai near Nikolayevsk-on-Amur in Far Eastern

Background imageEthnic Collection: People from Dobruja, Romania

People from Dobruja, Romania
People from Dobruja (or Dobrudja / Dobrudzha / Dobrogea) - a historical region shared by Bulgaria and Romania, located between the lower Danube River and the Black Sea, including the Danube Delta

Background imageEthnic Collection: Altay - Russia

Altay - Russia
The Altay or Altai are an ethnic group of Turkic people living in the Siberian Altai Republic and Altai Krai and surrounding areas of Tuva and Mongolia. circa 1910s

Background imageEthnic Collection: Egypt - Bicharin encampment

Egypt - Bicharin encampment. The Bisharin are a Sunni Muslim tribe of the Beja nomadic ethnic group who live in the eastern part of the Nubian Desert in Sudan and southern Egypt. Date: circa 1904

Background imageEthnic Collection: Bhutia Woman, Sikkim, India

Bhutia Woman, Sikkim, India
A Woman from the ethnic Tibetan Bhutia tribe from Sikkim, a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas. Date: circa 1908

Background imageEthnic Collection: Character from Il Trovatore -- Azucena

Character from Il Trovatore -- Azucena
Depiction of the character Azucena from Verdis grand opera Il Trovatore (The Troubador), first performed in Rome in 1853. The gipsy woman Azucena (a mezzo-soprano or contralto role)

Background imageEthnic Collection: Maori meeting house, Kaitaia, North Island, New Zealand

Maori meeting house, Kaitaia, North Island, New Zealand
A traditional Maori meeting house (or Marae) at Kaitaia, near Pukepoto, in the far north of the North Island, New Zealand. It is decorated with distinctive red carvings

Background imageEthnic Collection: Maori carving, Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand

Maori carving, Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand
A Maori carving over the entrance to a Marae (meeting place or house) in Kennedy Bay, Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand

Background imageEthnic Collection: Heligoland Island

Heligoland Island
Heligoland - a small German archipelago in the North Sea. Formerly Danish and British possessions, the islands (population 1)

Background imageEthnic Collection: Gabon - Africa - Woman with Scarification

Gabon - Africa - Woman with Scarification
A Woman from Sibiti, Gabon - part of the Bakota (or Kota) - a Bantu ethnic group from the northeastern region of the country

Background imageEthnic Collection: Wheeled tents of the Tartars or Tatars, Russia

Wheeled tents of the Tartars or Tatars, Russia
Wheeled tents of the Tartars or Tatars, a Turkic ethnic group in Russia



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