Malagasy Collection

Madagascar - A Group of Betsileo Women, a highland ethnic group. Date: circa 1910s

Utensils and tools of the Malagasy people of Madagascar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Women beating clothes and washing fabric
Women beating clothes and washing and drying fabric on rocks in a river in Madagascar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

House of the Malagasy people of Madagascar, with boat in the garden and fort on a hill. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Weapons of the Malagasy people of Madagascar, men with bow, arrow, shield, quiver, and axe. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Malagasy civet, Fossa fossana
Malagasy or striped civet, Fossa fossana. (Fossane, Viverra fossa.) Near threatened. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of Zoology, B. White, London, 1776

Madagascar People
Dress and arms of the natives of Madagascar

Preparing bread from the manioc root
Natives of Madagascar preparing bread from the manioc root. Date: 1834

Madagascar - Toamasina (Tamatave) - Cemetery for the local indigenous people. Date: circa 1906

Madagascar - Toamasina (Tamatave) - Rue de Commerce. Date: circa 1906

Madagascar - Tuamasina (Tamatave) - The Harbour. Date: circa 1908

Madagascar - Tuamasina (Tamatave) - The new Quayside. Date: circa 1908

Madagascar - Antsiranana (Diego-Suarez) - Rue Flacourt. Date: circa 1906

Madagascar - Traditional Malagasy Houses at Mahajanga (Majunga). Date: circa 1906

Madagascar - Shelling (De-husking) Rice Date: circa 1906

Madagascar - Tuamasina (Tamatave) - The Market Date: circa 1906

Madagascar - Tuamasina (Tamatave) - Boulevard Gallieni Date: circa 1906

Malagasy Giant Hognose Snake (Leioheterodon madagascariensis)

Madagascar - A Filanzane, a sedan chair used for passenger transport. Date: circa 1916

Madagascar - Antsiranana
An Antemoro Warrior (or Antaimoro - an ethnic group of Madagascar living on the southeastern coast, mostly between Manakara and Farafangana) - at Diego Suarez (now Antisanana)

Madagascar - A Sorceror - using Sikidy Divination. The Diviner uses an elaborate system of computation using seeds, which can be seen in this picture

Racial / E Africa / Various
Malagasy People; King Baubau, a Madagascar Lady, and three ladies working, one with a baby

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