Primitive Collection (page 5)

Honduras Santa Rosa R
A primitive bridge allows travelers to cross the Santa Rosa river

Mapuche Medicine Woman
The medicine woman of Boroa, the grand exorcist of the Araucanian Mapuche people (Chile/Argentina) heals a patient with frenzied singing while horsemen ride around

Primitive Smithy
A primitve smithy at Unjamwest, German East Africa

Blowpipe Borneo 18C
BLOWPIPE used by Biajos or mountaineers of Borneo

Slings / Heated Stones
Using slings with heated stones

Settlers in Canada observing the Sabbath
Settlers in the backwoods of Canada observing the Sabbath

Hunters feasting on horse flesh in prehistoric southern France

American Indians worshipping the Sun

Motoring in the Bois in style in 1900: Vis-a Vis style
This is a vis-a vis (face to face) style of seating for the motor car common to the little, slow, primitive cars of Victorian motoring

Man with Axe / Bayeux 3 / 16
Man with an axe

Balearic Slingers / Mirys
Slingers of the Balearic Islands

Native War Clubs 1853
Native American war clubs

Boomerang / Australian Boy
BOOMERANG Teaching a boy how to throw the boomerang

Native American Medicine
Various forms of healing practised by the Native Americans of Florida; herbs, infusions and smoking

Blood-Letting / Aborigines
Australia: annual blood letting of aborigines

Kaffir Witch Doctor / 1850
Kaffir witch doctor speaks to his assembled tribesmen

Making Jews Harps 1932
A woman and two children making Jews Harps, a primitive musical instrument, in the Steyr valley, Austria. They are bought by a Birmingham firm for export to Aborigines

Milking, Photo
A farmworker milks a cow by hand in a very primitive cow- house

C16 Screw Press
Two printers working at a very primitive screw press : other tools of their trade are also depicted

How Bombs are Dropped
At the start of the war, the technique of dropping bombs was primitive, and even flying at low level, precision was out of the question

Bandy-Ball or Golf?
Two men play a game of bandy- ball, a primitive form of golf

Swan in Laboratory
sir JOSEPH WILSON SWAN chemist and electrician who developed a primitive electric light (1860), invented the dry photographic plate, and other important developments

Primitive Sculptors
Primitive sculptor of the Reindeer Period (part of the palaeolithic era) carving an antler

Egyptian Fabrics 1924
Egyptian inspired fabrics by Coudurier: strapless wrap dress in a bold gold & terracotta cloth; evening coat or wrap in a pale turquoise embellished with gold designs

Steam Bath 1658
A primitive steam bath

Compression of Head
Compression of the head: a child, wrapped in swaddling clothes, fixed under a head press

S American Rope Bridge
A rope bridge over a river at the entrance to a lake in the South American countryside, drawn by Alexander von Humboldt during his travels

Ancient Mexican Bridge
Ancient bridge in Tlascala province, Mexico

Bridge of Boats, India
A floating bridge, formed with boats, across the Indus at Khushal Garh

Harvesting in India - 1
INDIA - Primitive methods are still in use. The reaping hook has not been superseded by modern harvesting machines, owing to the multitudes of penny-a-day laborers

Bible-Bringers
The Primitive Reformers to whom (under GOD) we are indepted for the Glorious Light of the Gospel (which the Pope and his companions cannot blow out...)

Ascension of Life
THE ASCENSION OF LIFE from primitive sea-creatures via dinosaurs and apes to creations crowning glory - you and me !

Narrow Plank Bridge
Though rudimentary in design, this bridge, consisting of a single wooden plank, provides the pedestrian with a simple yet efficaceous means of traversing a narrow stream

Peruvian Rope Bridges
Three different kinds of rope bridge : apart from the usual walk-across type with its handrails on either side, there is a kind for carrying animals and a hammock variety

Rushlight Holder
An old English Rushlight Holder, a relic of the days when the pith of rushes was used as a primitive candle

Primitive Firemaking
Our first ancestors made fire by rubbing sticks together : they used fire for heating, cooking and toolmaking

Stone Age Silex
Primitive craftsmanship - making and polishing silex at Pressigny, probably during the late Stone Age

Astronomy / 13th Century
Observing the heavens with primitive instruments

15th Century Carriage 2
A French noblewoman rides in a rather primitive and probably very uncomfortable carriage

BOOMERANG An Australian native demonstrates his skill

Primitive Bread Making
Primitive bread-making in the Stone Age (Palaeolithic era)

Weapons / Primitive
BOOMERANG used by an Australian aborigine

Inca High Festival of the Sun
The first day of the High Festival of the Sun -- the Incas offer a bowl of liquor for the Sun to drink

Incas in Peru worshipping the Sun by make offerings to it

Las Cases reproaches Peruvians for sacrificing children
Las Casas reproaches Peruvians at Guacheta for sacrificing children to their gods

Natives of Florida sacrificing babies to their king
Natives of Florida sacrifice their first-born babies to their king, shocking a French witness

WOAD
Pict warrior dressed in woad

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