Piercing Collection

Madame Helena Blavatsky
Undated cutting of head and shoulders photograph of Madame Helena Blavatsky - founder of Theosophy and the Theosophical Society. HPG/1/13/1 (ii)

A Tiger approaches
A fantastic picture of a large male Tiger approaching with menace. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Cimex lectularius, bed bug
Scanning electron microscope image of a bed bug (x 17). The sucking mouthparts enable the feeding bedbugs to pierce the hosts tissues and siphon out a blood meal

Testicle Growth Drained
Removing fluid from a large testicular growth

Girl peering over the back of a chair
A Girl peering over the back of an elegant chair, her hair tied up with a large black velvet bow. She is wearing long black gloves and her smiling gaze is directed straight out toward the viewer

Types of war bombs in use by G. H. Davis
Instruments of destruction: types of war bombs in use during the Second World War. A comparative chart showing the various types, including the incendiary, the high explosive, the armour piercing

Daniel Webster and quote on God granting Liberty
A postcard illustrating a quote by Daniel Webster (1782-1852) - a leading American statesman and senator from Massachusetts during the period leading up to the Civil War

Moroccan Man with a piercing gaze
Moroccan Man (Arab) wearing a white turban and sporting a particularly piercing gaze and very nicely trimmed goatee beard. Date: circa 1909

Raymond Sheppard (self-portrait)
Raymond Sheppard - self-portrait in oil

Men of the Island Carib or Kalinago people. The wear loincloths, armlets, garters, tattoos and nose piercings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Young woman with a pronounced lip plate - Mozambique
A young Maconde (Makonde) woman with a pronounced lip plate - Portuguese East Africa (modern-day Mozambique) circa 1910s

Body suspension festival of Mariatal or Chidi Mari, India
Festival of Mariatal, Churrack-Pooja, Carak Puja or Chidi Mari, near Pondicheri, India. Hindu devotees are suspended by hooks in the skin from long poles

Masai, Kenya, silhouette
Kenya, Masai warriors in genuine traditional clothes. One carries a spear with the tip protected by a feathered su-su. The other carries a rifle. Silhouette

Member of the Meru Tribe - Kenya, East Africa
Memeber of the Meru Tribe - Kenya, East Africa. Both men and women of this region stretch their ears, although today more women than men follow the practice

Smart and Handsome British Gentleman in straw boater hat, starched collar, white tie and suit. He is boasting a well-groomed moustache and a slightly serious expression

Lady and Cupid
This sketch depicts a scene in which a smiling young lady is bowing slightly to look down at Cupid who has arrived at her door step, apparently not for the first time

Georgian cartoon, two women and a boy
Georgian cartoon, boy with piercing eyes known as Gimblet (gimlet) eye Date: circa 1820s

The Green Hills of Ireland
A landscape oil painting showing the green hills of Ireland, piercing the clouds. Date: circa 1929

Indigenous people of Brazil and Paraguay, South America
Indigenous men and women of Brazil and Paraguay, South America, wearing lip and ear plugs (pelele). This is done when the child is young, the upper lip is pierced close to the nose

Fire walker in trance Natal south Africa c. 1920
Fire walker Natal South Africa c.1920 - man in a trance with 500 pins being inserted in his skin

A German Fakir - man undergoing extreme accupuncture
A German Fakir - man undergoing extreme acupuncture through his neck and tongue - c.1920s

Procession / ceremony, with musicians, India, c. 1880 s
Procession/ceremony, with musicians, India, c.1880 s

Italian Glamour - Bewitching woman with jewel headscarf
Italian Glamour - Bewitching woman with exotic jewel headscarf and dark make-up around her eyes Date: circa 1920s

Sugpiaq man of Kodiak Island, Alaska
Sugpiaq or Alutiiq man of Kodiak Island, Alaska. His earlobes and chin pierced with beads, his face tattooed. From Joseph Billings

Matses warrior with facial tattoos, shells and feathers
Matses (Maxuruna or Mayoruna) or Matis warrior, Native American of Peru with facial tattoos, labrets, and piercings with feathers and shells

Native Americans of Nootka. Nootka man with tattooed brow and nose ring, men and women in woven hats, animal-skin cloaks, earrings and facial piercings, and baby in papoose

Aleutian women of Porto de Francesi, Alaska, wearing bearskin capes over dresses and showing their distinctive lip piercings

Natives of Unalaska and the Aleutian Islands
Natives of Unalaska wearing traditional hats and facial piercings, and natives of the Aleutian Islands in hunting garb with kayak

GIRL HOLDS DOLL
A girl stands on the lawn holding a very large doll Date: 1886

Masai, Kenya
Kenya, Masai warriors in genuine traditional clothes and carrying spears with tips protected by feathered su-sus Date: 1987

Congo, Africa - Terrifying Warrior with bullet piercings
A Bougbou Tribesman from the region close to the start of the Kotto, a major tributary of the Ubangi right bank, so a sub-tributary of the Congo River - Congo, Central Africa - Terrifying (pre-punk)

India - A Brahmin lady with distinctive nose piercings. Brahmin is the class of educators, law makers, scholars and preachers of Dharma in Hinduism

Thaipusam, Hindu Festival - Singapore - Vel Kavadi
Thaipusam, Hindu Festival, marked by Piercings and Painful Rituals in Singapore. The festival is mainly observed in countries where there is a significant presence of Tamil community such as India

Sudan - Africa - Men and Women at Lado Enclave Date: circa 1910

Princess Yolanda of Savoy
Princess Yolanda Margherita Milena Elisabetta Romana Maria of Savoy (1901 - 1986), the eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and his wife Princess Elena of Montenegro

Pencil self-portrait by Raymond Sheppard
Raymond Sheppard - self portrait in pencil. Artist Raymond Sheppard (1913 - 1958) studied art at Bolt Court under S.G. Boxsius and in addition to exhibiting work at the R.A

No. 3 Piercing and Moulding Clay Pipes
No.3 Piercing and Moulding Clay Pipes - a view of two men working at a bench making clay pipes. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

A Dyke of Basalt (A) Piercing Triassic Sandstone
A Dyke of Basalt(A) Piercing Triassic Sandstone(C) and Sending Intrusive Sheets Or Sills(B) Into It - a diagram of Volcanic activity. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Women wearing Lip-rings
Two women from Manganja tribe wearing lip-rings (pelele). When girls are very young, the upper lip is pierced close to the nose, and a small pin inserted to prevent the orifice from closing

Costumes of the Chugach people of Alaska.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Aleuts from Unalaska island.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Profile portrait of a beautiful Masai woman - Kenya
A stunning profile portrait of a beautiful Masai woman - Kenya. Note the elongated earlobe piercing and remarkably decorative hair braiding. Date: circa 1930s

Native Indian Hunter (Rajpoot Shikaree) - Govind Singh. Date: circa 1910

Princess Yolanda - Countess of Bergolo
Princess Yolanda Margherita Milena Elisabetta Romana Maria of Savoy (1901 - 1986), the eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and his wife Princess Elena of Montenegro

Be My Sweetheart - Valentines Day Card (published by Valentine s!) Date: circa 1910s

Algerian woman behind the veil
An absolutely stunning photograph of an Algerian Veiled Woman. Her piercing gaze is the only clue to her hidden visage. A study in reserved modesty Date: 1906

Anopheles sp. anopheline mosquito
Female mosquito feeding. The female requires a diet of blood to ensure the successful maturation of her eggs

Britannia and Eve magazine, August 1934
Front cover illustration featuring a 1930s woman with piercing green eyes, looking through a veil attached to her black cap, and holding a Guide to London

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