Loin Collection

Male Type / Naked Beaute
A naked man in only a loin cloth. Fitness and beauty combined

Ancient Olympics
In the earliest times, a simple foot-race was the only event in the Ancient Olympics

Tarzan & Gorilla
Tarzan: the untamable

King James I knights a tasty loin of beef - Arise Sir Loin
King James I knights a tasty loin of beef at Hoghton Tower, near Preston, Lancashire, in 1617. Historians are somewhat unsurpringly divided as to the likelihood and validity of this tale

Burkina Faso - Bobo Dioulasso Region - Man and Woman
A quite stunning card showing a tribal Bobo (Zara) warrior and his wife at Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso (French West Africa at this point). Date: circa 1910s

Jurs Granary - Bahr El-Ghazal, Sudan
Jurs Granary - Bahr El-Ghazal (Sea of Gazelles), South Sudan. The South Sudanese region of Bahr el Ghazal takes its name from the Bahr El Ghazal River, the main western tributary of the Nile

Man with elaborate full body tattoo and loin cloth, Japan
Man with elaborate full body tattoo tattooing and loin cloth, Japan, late 19th century

Japanese Acrobats. The Gentleman in the centre has turned away in disgust at himself as he managed to lose his fan that morning.... Date: 1904

Sculpture of a Male Swedish Swimmer Date: circa 1900s

African men with sharpened teeth
Two native black African men from the Mankaignes Tribe of Senegal smile to show off their sharpened teeth, filed down to points

The Hot Stream at the Shibaseki Hot Spring, Beppu, Japan
The Hot Stream at the Shibaseki Hot Spring (Onsen), Beppu, Oita, Japan. The volume of water discharged at Beppu is second only to that of the Yellowstone National Park

Statue of a man wearing a pointed cap or helmet and a cypriot belt. 590-540 BC. Limestone. From the Sanctuary of Apollo at Phrangissa. Tamassos. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Zulu Warriors
Two Zulu warriors on a beach, play- fighting with swords and shields in their loin cloths. Date: early 1930s

Hopi Snake Priest entering Snake Kiva, Oraibi, Arizona, USA
Hopi Snake Priest entering The Snake Kiva (or Sacred Dwelling ), Oraibi, Arizona, USA. This is the depository for snakes collected during eight days prior to the ceremony

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

Couple - Bobo Tribe, Senegal
A rather remarkable photograph of a couple of the Bobo Tribe from Bobo-Dioulasso in Senegal, West Africa. The ladys modesty is protected for this picture by a rather inventive shubbery-based

Mayan Myth / Xquiq
Popol Vuh, an ancient Mayan manuscript. Princess Xquiq (Blood) picks a gourd from the forbidden tree. It is actually the head of Hunhun- Apu, who impregnates her

Stanley and his boy Kululu
Hand coloured. Illustration of African boy in a loin cloth sits at the feet of a Caucasian man, wearing the clothes of an explorer.This is believed to be Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904)

Charles II knights the sirloin
Charles II knights a " Sir Loin" of beef at a feast. Date: 1600s

Indian Fisherman
Southern Indian Fisherman carrying his catch on two baskets hanging off a long yoke. Date: 1910s

Washington DC - Library of Congress Mural - The Heiroglyphic
Washington DC, USA - Mural - The Evolution of the Book by John White Alexander (1856-1915). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. The Heiroglyphic

Emerald Coast - Dinard - The slip beyond St. Malo, France Date: circa 1910s

Jade
A block of jade measuring more than a metre across and weighing over half a tonne

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

Hercules Star Map
Hercules and Corona Borealis constellation

Beeton Meat Joints
loin of pork - haunch of mutton - aitchbone of beef - round of beef - leg of mutton - calfs head - ham - sirloin of beef - shoulder of mutton - saddle of mutton

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