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Native African sorcerer rain-maker. Date: circa 1860
INDIAN BUTTER CHURNERSIndian men using a primitive wooden butter churner, the pole is twisted with ropes in a similar manner to a childs spinning top. Date: 1930s
INDIAN IRONWORKERSMetalworkers in a bazaar in Delhi, India, hammering out fine ironwork, including railings and window grills etc. Date: 1930s
CORN DEALING IN PARISMeasurers of corn and hay carriers in Paris go about their business. Date: circa 1528
WITCH DOCTOR 1929Witch doctors of the Usumbura region, East Africa Date: 1929
IRON MINEMining iron ore Date: circa 1820
WEAVING LOUISIANAWorking at a primitive loom in Louisiana, USA Date: 1887
BattledoreTwo people playing battledore (an early badminton) using smaller rackets and a Shuttlecock. Date: 15th Century
Anaesthesis of a patient before a medical operation 1888Anaesthesising a patient before an operation-note the bare heads and primitive equipment. Date: 1888
EXTINCT / BEFORE MANCreatures of the primitive world - land, sea and air
MEDICAL / PRIMITIVEAn itinerant Chinese doctor at Tien-Sing, impressing the audience by handling snakes Date: circa 1840
PRIMITIVE BREAD MAKINGPrimitive bread-making Date: ancient
Chiefs house, village in Papua New GuineaA village in Papua New Guinea, with Chiefs House. Date: 1887
Chi Rho. Paleo-christian art. Relief on rock. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia
Gas helmet, WW1A fearsome-looking gas helmet. An example of a gas mask issued to British soldiers during the First World War. The peculiar projection in front has its termination in the mouth so that the wearer
Edward Burnett TylorEDWARD BURNETT TYLOR anthropologist, best known for his landmark book Primitive culture (1871) Date: 1832 - 1917
Miner washing at a tin bath, South WalesA South Wales miner washes at a tin bath in front of the fire, while his wife sits mending socks
Native house, Djoeja (Yogyakarta), Central Java, IndonesiaNative village house in Djoeja (Yogyakarta), Central Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1908
House building, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1912
Primitive Method of Rippling Or Bolling Flax, Toome, Co. Antrim - a view of two men in a field rippling flax onto a white sheet. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Toomebridge)
Three girls on a donkey, Las Vegas, New Mexico, USAThree girls out for a morning ride on a donkey, Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA. Date: circa 1908
Primitive house in Cananea, Sonora, MexicoPrimitive house (actually a small shed) in Cananea, a copper mining town in Sonora, Mexico. Date: circa 1905
Paleochristian artGospel. 5th -6th c. Cover. Paleo-christian art. Sculpture on ivory. ITALY. EMILIA-ROMAGNA. Ravenna. National Museum of Ravenna
Discovery of the Adams mammoth, 1799Discovery of a frozen mammoth in Siberia. A local chief spotted the creature, encased in transparent ice, on the banks of the river Lena in 1799
Portrait of Matthew Hale. Engraving by F. H. van Houe from Matthew Hale, Primitive Origination of Mankind Date: 1677
Blitz in London -- training in use of breathing apparatusBlitz in London -- regular London firefighters being trained in the use of breathing apparatus (BA) at Brigade headquarters, Lambeth
Teotihuacan Mural MexicoMural from Teotihuacan, Mexico
Egyptian SundialA primitive SUN DIAL, still used in Upper Egypt, is simply a pole stuck in the ground, with stones marking the passage of its shadow and the time taken from one to next
Native family home with poultry, Sumatra, IndonesiaNative family home with chicken and chicks, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1920
Hillside village, Bromo district, East Java, IndonesiaHillside village in the Bromo district of the Tengger mountains, East Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1900
View of Tosari, East Java, IndonesiaView of the village of Tosari, including Hotel Tosari, East Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1904
Kicking the bucket to keep alive and well! 1914Interestingly this artical was published on April fools day in The Sketch, 1914, you can come to your own conclusions! Latest primitive life-saving device invented by a German engineer
Farming family, South America, showing a man wearing a fancy silver belt, another man operating a sewing machine, and a seated woman. Date: circa 1900s
Street view of Oyo, Nigeria, West Africa. Date: circa 1910
View of Rotifunk, Sierra Leone, West AfricaView of Rotifunk, a West African Field Force camp, Sierra Leone, West Africa, with grass huts. Date: circa 1906
Grass huts in Rotifunk, Sierra Leone, West AfricaGrass huts and troops in Rotifunk, a West African Field Force camp, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1906
Grating cassava roots, Sierra Leone, West AfricaTwo natives grating cassava roots for making foofoo (fufu, foufou), Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1906
Waterside village, Sierra Leone, West AfricaNative waterside village, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1910
Group of native actors, Sierra Leone, West AfricaGroup of native actors in costume for a Mendi play, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920
Balangy players, Sierra Leone, West AfricaGroup of native balangy players, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920
Outdoor kitchen, Sierra Leone, West AfricaOutdoor kitchen in a native village, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920
Fishing in a river, Sierra Leone, West AfricaNatives fishing near a bridge in a tranquil river, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920
Picking palm kernels, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1912
Beating the tom-tom, Sierra Leone, West AfricaNatives in a village beating the tom-tom, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920
Rokele village, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1910
Making cloth, Sierra Leone Protectorate, West AfricaNatives making cloth on a loom, Sierra Leone Protectorate, West Africa. Date: circa 1912
Protectorate Native Chief, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1912
Mafulomoo, Protectorate of Sierra Leone, West AfricaMafulomoo village, in the Protectorate of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1910
