Headdress Collection (page 7)

Joy Bells! revue, Hippodrome Theatre, London
Joy Bells! Albert de Courvilles 9th Hippodrome revue, with Shirley Kellogg and George Robey, at the Hippodrome Theatre, Cranbourn Street, London. circa 1919

Fine Gent dressed up as a Red Indian Chief. Date: circa 1910s

A young Jordanian man plays a rababah, single-string musical instrument with a leather body. He wears an Arab headdress, a keffiyeh or kufiya Date: circa 1995

Kashmiri policeman on traffic duty in Srinagar, Kashmir
A Kashmiri policeman on traffic duty in the centre of Srinagar. He wears a smart uniform with a bright red cockade on his headdress Date: 1989

Miss Phyllis Relph as Cleopatra
Miss Phyllis Relph (1888-1969) in the role of Cleopatra in Anthony & Cleopatra at the Queens Theatre, Manchester Date: circa 1909

Jamestown Exposition
Promotional postcard for the Jamestown Exposition of 1907, including an inset illustration showing the Native American woman Pocahontas interceding for Captian John Smith and the remains (tower)

China, Hong Kong, Local Actors representing a Council of War
Hong Kong, China - Local Actors representing a Chinese General holding a Council of War. Date: circa 1908

The E Floretty Trio - German Entertainers
The E Floretty Trio - German Acrobatic Entertainers. A popular Trapeze Circus Act. Date: circa 1910s

Fun card series of a British dancer in a wide-skirt costume
Fun card series of a British cabaret dancer in a wide-skirt costume and a star-shaped hat! (1/4) Date: circa 1908

May Edney music hall comedienne and dancer moving on in the 1920s to revue and soubrette parts. Wearing full length white dress in wedding dress style with matching headdress

Court gown and evening dress for the opera, 1930
On the left, a court dress from Reville of Hanover Square, carried out in shimmering white satin manufactured in Britain. On the right

Helen Wills as a debutante
Helen Wills Moody (1905-1998), American tennis player dominant during the 1920s and 30s, winner of 31 Grand Slam titles including 8 Wimbledon Championships

Anne Croft in The Chocolate Soldier by Stanislaus Stange with music by Straus. Photograph of Anne Croft who played the part of Nadina. For the revival at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 31st March 1932

Ju-Ju Doctor, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1930s

Advert for International Fur Store, theatre coat 1913
Fur-trimmed white evening coat or wrap with white fur stole, long gloves and fan. 1913

Shilluk Man of the Upper Nile (Malakal, South Sudan) - note the distinctive headdress. Date: circa 1925

Chieftain of the Roro (Bereina) people of Papua New Guinea
An incredible postcard of a Chieftain of the Roro (Bereina) people of Papua New Guinea wearing a remarkable feathered headdress and holding a traditional drum

Papua New Guinea - Elema people - Eharo Masks
Elema people (of the Papuan Gulf in southeast New Guinea) practicing an elaborate cycle of masked rituals. These monumental Eharo masks were created primarily for amusement

Fearsome Warrior of the South African Ndebele Tribe, one of the Nguni tribes - he is wearing a remarkable headdress. Date: circa 1910s

Sri Lanka - Sinhalese Government Peon. A peon in this region was mainly an attendant, orderly, office boy or person kept around for odd jobs. Date: circa 1910s

Young woman, Algeria
A young woman of Moorish origins poses for a portrait, partially clothed in traditional dress, with jewelry and a headdress. Date: circa 1910s

Minoan Art. La Parisienne or the Minoan Lady with the sacral knot at the back of the neck that seems to indicate that she is a priestess or even a goddess

Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). The wine glass, c. 1658-1660
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). Dutch painter specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle class life. The wine glass, c. 1658-1660

Camoes, Luis Vaz de (1524-1580). Portuguese poet. Engraving by Carretero. Colored

Statue of the goddess Hathor, depicted with cow horns and so
Egyptian Art. Statue of the goddess Hathor, depicted with cow horns and solar disk. Comes from the Temple of Luxor. Luxor Museum. Egypt

Statue of Amenhotep III (Neb-Maat-Ra) and Sobek c. 1390-1352
Statue of Amenhotep III (Neb-Maat-Ra) and Sobek c.1390-1352 BC. Carved from Calcite (Egyptian Alabaster). Found in the Sobek temple at Dahamsha

Tomb of Amen Khopshef. Goddess Hathor with the prince. Vall
Tomb of Amen Khopshef, son of Ramses III. Polychrome reliefs decorating the walls of the burial chamber. Goddess Hathor with the prince. Twentieth dynasty. New Kingdom. Valley of the Queens. Egypt

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

Harem Girl / Woof
Scantily clad harem girl, in a headdress & harem pants, sits demurely on a leopard skin rug while she admires her jewellery. Date: 1950s

Byzantine Women / Costume
Ornately patterned clothing of a Byzantine Empress & Princess. Their attendant or maid is also shown. circa 4th century

Costume / Bourgogne C15
Man: very short houppelande or jacket with dagged epaulettes & hanging sleeves, parti- coloured hose, piked shoes & a bandeau. Woman: Hennin & veil headdress, gown & kirtle. Date: 15th century

Costume / Ancient Assyria
ANCIENT ASSYRIA The clothing worn by a Priest and an Ancient Assyrian King. Date: B.C

Alice in Wonderland, Duchess, cook and baby
Alice in Wonderland, Alice meets the Duchess, her cook and a screaming baby. Date: early 20th century

Native American wearing a headdress and short skirt, a large silver plate on his chest.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Raphael (1483-1520). Portrait of a lady. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Painting. Private Collection

Countess Hoey Stoker
The Countess Hoey Stoker, daughter of Count Oei Tiong Han, Chinese businessman. Date: 1918

Chief Oskenonton, Mohawk tribe, Canada
Chief Oskenonton (1886-1955) of the North American (Canadian) Mohawk tribe. He spent part of his career as a singer, and later became a spiritual leader. Date: 1920s

Traditional Cambodian Dancers. The Royal Ballet of Cambodia is a form of performing arts established in the royal courts of Cambodia for the purpose of entertainment as well as ceremonial

Four Zulu Warriors in traditional costume carrying clubs and shields. Date: circa 1908

Lebanon - Married Druze Woman with Tantour hat
The traditional vertigious tantour hat of a married Druze (a monotheistic religious community) woman of Lebanon (sadly not an example of the popular trend to replicate the landscape of late 19th)

Gata Bera drummers and Sinhala Dancers - Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1907

A Shilluk Warrior - Upper Nile, Sudan, Africa Date: circa 1920s

Miss Maud Allan as Salome
Miss Maud Allan (1873-1956) actress, dancer and choreographer in the role of Salome - performing at the Varietes, Paris. She designed and often sewed her own costumes, which were creative

Two Zulu Mothers carrying their children, using hide slings across their backs - Southern Africa. Date: circa 1909

Lady with adjustable skirt on a cutout greetings card
Lady with adjustable skirt and fan-shaped headdress on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Cinderella Poster
Cinderella poster reproduced in The Stage Year Book 1920 between pp. 30 and 31. It is described as specially produced for the Drury Lane pantomime 1919-20, and given as a 48-sheet

Native American Indian chief at school, Hayle, Cornwall
Native American Indian chief with others at the Hayle Carnival, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Rickshaw boy of Durban, South Africa
A Rickshaw boy of Durban in their remarkable costume. Introduced from Japan, the rickshaw became a form of transport in Durban in the late 19th century. Date: circa 1920s

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