Indigenous Collection (page 58)

Mary Bad Eyes and Papoose (baby). Date: 1912

Dancers of the Crow Tribe performing a ceremonial dance. Date: 1911

Sami Father and Son Date: circa 1920

Puget Sound Indian Racing Canoe - Washington
Puget Sound - Ten-man Indian Racing Canoe - Washington State. Date: circa 1909

Sami Children - Norway Date: circa 1903

Moro Constabulary, Philippines
Moro Constabulary with American officers in dress uniform, Philippines. The Moro people are mostly Muslim indigenous people of Southern Philippines. Date: circa 1910s

Khoja from Uzbekistan
A Khojeh of Uzbek Tartary. The Khojas are an ethnic group of Shia Muslims.This plate, according to Elphinstone, depicts Mahommed Hussun, a native of Wurdaunzye near Bokhaura

Chile - Tierra del Fuego - Onga Indian Warrior
Chile - Tierra del Fuego - Onas Indian Warrior in full battle dress Date: circa 1910s

Indigenous Indians from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Date: circa 1907

Afghan government official on horseback
The Umla Baushee in his Dress of Office. A 19th century Afghan government official in uniform, riding a horse. 1815

The Chaous Baushee, Afghan court official
The Chaous Baushee in his dress of Office. A 19th century Afghan official in uniform, riding a horse. The Chaous Baushee presents persons admitted to pay their respects to the King

Ghilzai man in summer dress, Afghanistan
A Khawtee Ghiljie in his Summer Dress. A 19th century Afghan man seated on the ground. The Ghilzais inhabited southern Afghanistan east of the Duranis. 1815

Durani gentleman on horseback, Afghanistan
A Dooraunee Gentleman. A 19th century Afghan man riding a horse. He has a sword hung at his side. 1815

Durani Villager with gun, Afghanistan
A Dooraunee Villager with his Arms. An Afghan man wearing a long cloak and carrying a firearm with a long bayonet. 1815

Durani shepherds, Afghanistan
Dooraunee (Durani) shepherds from 19th century Afghanistan. The Duranis were based in southern Afghanistan around Kandahar. 1815

Aymaq nomadic man, Afghanistan
A Man of the Tymunee Eimauk. Aymaq (also Aimak, Eimauk or Aimaq), are a collection of Persian-speaking nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes

Namibia - Adaptation to Western Costume
A very interesting card produced by the German Catholic Mission to Namibia, showing the before and after result of the adoption of a western style of clothing to the native populace

Lubaantun archaeology - native girl in British Museum, 1926
Believed to be the first of a dying race of Maya indians who has ever visited England: Emilia Vasquez standing by an ancient Maya monolith in the British Museum

Hawaii - Hawaiians and their Grass Hut
Hawaii - Hawaiians in their lovely grass hut with grass veranda!! Date: circa 1910

Algeciras, Spain - Andalucian Folk at home - a seated woman is playing the guitar Date: circa 1903

Indigenous Indians from Paraguay
A group of Indigenous Indians from Paraguay with their horses Date: circa 1910s

Aboriginal Mother and Baby with supplies
An aboriginal Mother, carrying her baby on her back, taking food obtained from the Tea and Sugar train back to her wurley (a shelter or hut, made of branches and leaves)

Indian Natives of Virginia - Algonquians. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Deer Dance of Yaquis & Mayos Indians, Mexico
The Deer Dance of the Yaquis and Mayos Indians of Mexico - dramatisation of the hunting of deer, a cultural hero of these peoples

Central Africa - Oubangui People - Gan za Dance
In 1924-1925, Georges Marie Haardt and Louis Audouin-Dubreuil set out on the second Citron Mission to Central Africa. This card shows the indigenous people of Oubangui in traditional costume

Hudsons Bay Inuit Mother and Daughter

Navajo Sweat House - Tuba City, Arizona
Navajo Sweat House (or Sweat Lodge or sweathouse ) - Tuba City, Arizona

Hopi Watch Tower - Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

United States Army - Apache Scouts - wearing standard issue uniform but allowed to embellish this with traditional tribal headwear and scarves

Elderly Maori man wrapped in a blanket, New Zealand

Ceramic Jar of the Navaho & Apache
Decorated ceramic jar from the southwestern United States - from a Navaho & Apache tribal pueblo. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Totem Pole and Native American House
Postcard from the Pacific Coast Steamship Company from their Totem Pole Route - an example of the totem poles of the indigenous American Indian people of the Southern Alaskan region (Ketchikan)

Aumale, Algeria - the Indigenous School. Named after a region in Normandy, France

Uyghur Children - close to Kashgar
Two young Uyghur Children, close to Kashgar in Xinjiang, South West China. Photograph taken by Ralph Ponsonby Watts, who travelled up from Kashmir to Kahgar

Papua New Guinea - Ekiti Village, Sogeri - Tree House
A fantastic treehouse at Ekiti Village, Sogeri, Papua New Guinea

Sri Lanka - Tamil Woman

Native Dancers at Port Moresby - Papua New Guinea
Native Dancers dancing amongst the breadfruit at Port Moresby - Papua New Guinea

South Africa - Kraal Village in Northern Transvaal
South Africa - The Moshudy Lenchwees Kraal Village in Northern Transvaal

Indigenous Toba Indians - Argentina
The Toba are an ethnic group in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. They are part of a larger group of indigenous inhabitants of the Gran Chaco region, called the Guaycurues

A street of Coranderrk, Australia
A street in Coranderrk with a horse and carriage and people chatting over the fence, and going about their daily lives. Coranderrk was an indigenous Australian mission station in the state of

Papua New Guinea - Elevara Mission
Papua New Guinea - Elevara Village viewed from the L.M.S. Mission. The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans

Sri Lanka - Veddahs cooking
The Wanniyala-Aetto, or forest people, more commonly known as Veddas or Veddahs are an indigenous people of Sri Lanka - seen here preparing a meal

Chief Red Cloud - Sioux Chieftain
Native American Chieftain of the Sioux Tribe - Chief Red Cloud

Kashgar Trip - Uyghur Woman - Headdress
Indigenous Uyghur woman of Kashgar with a remarkable headdress. A wonderful photographic portrait by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Indigenous Uyghur men of Kashgar. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Kenyan Men in full ceremonial attire

Hawaian girl, with floral garlands
A very early postcard depicting a Hawaian girl, with floral garlands around her neck and head

Ona Indians from Tierra del Fuego
Ona Indians - Indigenous people from Tierra del Fuego, Southern Argentina, wearing Guanaco skin cloaks

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