Spear Collection (page 5)

Scrap, Peoples of the World - Eskimo. 19th century

Indian Spear Dance. 19th century

Gnomes and Humans. 19th century

Four costumes for the Eclipse Ball, a pageant ball to take place on 17 December at the Park Lane Hotel, London, in aid of St Johns Hospital, Lewisham

Tribesman with his spear, Cameroon, Central West Africa
Tribesman with his spear and an elaborate hairstyle, Bana, Cameroon, Central West Africa (at the time a French colony). Date: 1922

Tribesman with his spear, French Congo, Central Africa. Date: 1922

Nubian women, North Sudan, East Central Africa
Nubian women with plaited hair in North Sudan, East Central Africa. Date: 1922

Sheikh on horseback, Sudan Plains, East Central Africa
Sheikh (head of tribe or village) on horseback, Sudan Plains (then part of the British Empire), East Central Africa. Date: 1922

Fondong warrior, Cameroon, Central Africa
Fondong (Fondom) warrior, Cameroon, Central Africa, with elaborate scarring on his arm, produced by cutting the flesh and putting stitches into the wounds

Emir of Gombe, Nigeria, West Africa, on horseback at a Durbar, shaded from the sun by a parasol held by a footman. Date: 1922

Spearman and battle axeman, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Spearman and battle axeman in magic warpaint, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Date: 1922

Lumbwa Spearmen, Eastern Kenya, East Africa. 1926

Music cover, The Olympic Polka, Olympic Theatre, London
Music cover, The Olympic Polka, by Wellington Guernsey, Olympic Theatre, London. 19th century

Madagascar People
Dress and arms of the natives of Madagascar

Mameluke and Turks of Egypt
A Mameluke and Turks of Egypt. circa 1790

Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376). 14th century

Man and Woman of Nubia, Egypt. 1832

Chinese Soldier and Chief of Lew Chew (Loochoo, Ryukyu, Okinawa, Japan). 1832

Caffree and Booshuana men
Caffree (Afro-Indian) and Booshuana men (from the Botswana area of southern Africa). 1839

Ashantee Captain and Cabossier
Ashantee (Ashanti) Captain in his War Dress and a Cabossier dressed in a Cloak of Ashantee Cloth, West Africa. 1834

Araucanians of Chile
Araucanians of Araucania, central Chile. 1837

Tartar Guide and Neapolitan Priest
A Tartar Guide and a Neapolitan Priest. 1828

Sikh and Mandarin
A Sikh and a Mandarin. 1837

Sheshonee Man and Woman
Sheshonee (Shoshone or Shoshoni) Man and Woman, Native American Indians. 1832

Leetakoo Chief and Lady of Quality
A Leetakoo Chief and a Lady of Quality, from Litakun, Litakoo, or Lattakoo, now Dithakong, South Africa. 1839

Many Folk Misfitz - North America - Native American boy. early 20th century

Historical scene, The Good Old Times

Early medieval Warrior with boar-crested Spangelhelm and holding a spear. Date: circa 14th century

An Ancient British warrior and his chariot
An Ancient Briton with his war chariot. Note the sold form of the wheels and the addition of scythe blades to cause additional damage when engaging enemy forces. Date: Circa 100BC

Members of the German gymnastics club at Chodov
circa 1910s

SHEEP RESCUED FROM WOLF
A sheep is about to be carried off by a wolf when a police- dog hurries to her rescue, armed with a spear. Date: 1828

BRITISH LANCER 1810
British Lancer retreating Date: circa 1810

MOUNTED GALLIC CHIEFTAIN
Mounted warrior Date: circa 350 BC

Costume - Men - Saxon Chief
A Saxon warrior chief, fully equipped for battle in helmet and body armour, and carrying a long spear Date: MEDIEVAL GERMANY

EGYPTIAN PRIESTS
Various Egyptian costumes: left to right - six priests and two warriors. Date: ANCIENT EGYPT

FRANKISH WARRIOR
A Frankish warrior, in fifth century France, armed with a spiked spear, a huge sword, a dagger and a heavy buckler Date: 5th century

DEATH / DO US PART (C15)
Allegorical representation of death seperating two lovers - Til Death Do Us Part.... Date: 15th Century

MYTH / ATHENA / MINERVA
Patron goddess of Athens also identified with Minerva, the Italian goddess of crafts

Wun-nes-tou, Medicine Man of the Blackfeet tribe
Wun-nes-tou, Medicine Man of the Blackfeet (Blackfoot) tribe of American Natives. Date: circa 1830

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

William the Conqueror at the siege of Gerberoy Castle
William the Conqueror on horseback at the siege of Gerberoy Castle, Oise, northern France. The siege and battle took place in the winter of 1078-1079. 1078-1079

Shilluk warriors, South Sudan
Two Shilluk (Chollo) warriors, near the River Nile, South Sudan. Shilluks are typically tall and slim. Date: 1936

Egypt. Edfu. Temple of Horus. Horus in battle with god Seth
Egypt. Edfu. Temple of Horus. 3rd century B.C. Relief depicting the god Horus standing on a boat and avenging his fathers murder in a battle with his Uncle, the god Seth

Hartmann von Aue, German poet
Hartmann von Aue, leading poet of the Middle High German period. He also took part in the Crusade of 1196-97. Date: c 1170 - c 1210

Pattern 1796 Heavy Cavalry Troopers sword, 1814 (c); blade is stamped with the makers name, I Gill; the original hatchet blade made this Pattern useless for thrusting

Islanders of Bugis, Makassar, and the Moluccas (Indonesia).. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Lubra, an Australian aborigine woman, 1850
Lubra, an Australian aborigine woman of Port Philip, pictured in 1850 with her hunting spear. She wears sheepskin here, with some tattooing or scarification visible on her chest. Date: 1850

Maori Weapons and Implements of War, with Warriors preparing for a fight. Plate from The New Zealanders illustrated by George French Angas (1822-1886). Date: 1847

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