Skip to main content

Spears Collection (page 3)

Background imageSpears Collection: Somalian Warriors - Somalia

Somalian Warriors - Somalia (at this stage under Italian occupation). Date: circa 1930s

Background imageSpears Collection: Two members of the Lango Tribe of Uganda

Two members of the Lango Tribe of Uganda - living in the Lango sub-region, north of Lake Kyoga. Date: 1938

Background imageSpears Collection: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Was a German-born Flemish Bar

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Was a German-born Flemish Baroque painter. Lion Hunt, 1621. Baroque style. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Background imageSpears Collection: West African Tuareg Horse Warriors

West African Tuareg Horse Warriors
West African Tuareg Warriors, in traditional veiled headdresses, all mounted on fine horse and carrying spears and enormous shields

Background imageSpears Collection: Solomon Islanders

Solomon Islanders
Head hunters of the Solomon Islands. Date: 1934

Background imageSpears Collection: Kikuyu Warriors - Kenya, East Africa

Kikuyu Warriors - Kenya, East Africa
Kikuyu tribal Warriors - Kenya, East Africa. They form the largest ethnic group in Kenya and speak the Bantu Kikuyu language as a mother tongue. Date: circa 1909

Background imageSpears Collection: A Shilluk Warrior - Upper Nile, Sudan, Africa

A Shilluk Warrior - Upper Nile, Sudan, Africa Date: circa 1920s

Background imageSpears Collection: Rwanda, Africa - Group of Tutsi Tribesmen

Rwanda, Africa - Group of Tutsi Tribesmen
Rwanda, Africa (Formerly Dutch East Africa, pictured during Belgian occupation) - Group of Tutsi Tribesmen (and a rogue Belgian on the right!) circa 1920s

Background imageSpears Collection: Soldier of the Yusufzai Tribe, Afghanistan

Soldier of the Yusufzai Tribe, Afghanistan
A soldier of the Yusufzai (also Youssofzay, Yousafzai, Esapzey, Yousufi, Eusofzye or Yusufi), one of the largest Pashtun tribes

Background imageSpears Collection: Warriors from Somalia

Warriors from Somalia
A superb photographic postcard of two warriors from Somalia

Background imageSpears Collection: c. 1890s - tribal dancers in costume, drums and spears

c. 1890s - tribal dancers in costume, drums and spears
c.1890s - tribal dancers in costume with drums and spears, unidentified location but from a series of India images

Background imageSpears Collection: Fetish Doctor, Sierra Leone, West Africa

Fetish Doctor, Sierra Leone, West Africa - smiling and holding an array of spears. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageSpears Collection: Somali boys practicing spear throwing

Somali boys practicing spear throwing
Somali boys at one of their first lessons in spear throwing. Date: circa 1910

Background imageSpears Collection: The Coat of Arms of Aberdeen and view of Balmoral Castle

The Coat of Arms of Aberdeen and view of Balmoral Castle Date: circa 1900

Background imageSpears Collection: Greek art. Panathenaic amphora. Black figures. Riders throwi

Greek art. Panathenaic amphora. Black figures. Riders throwing spears. 400 BC. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Background imageSpears Collection: Roman sporting combat - jousting in chariots

Roman sporting combat - jousting in chariots
Roman sporting combat - jousting with spears in chariots - one of the many varied entertainments available at ones local amphitheatre

Background imageSpears Collection: Fulup man with weapons and Mandingo man in robe and turban

Fulup man with weapons and Mandingo man in robe and turban.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageSpears Collection: Three Shilluk Warriors of the Upper Nile, Sudan, Africa

Three Shilluk Warriors of the Upper Nile, Sudan, Africa - bearing traditional weapons and displaying feather-topped topknots (one bearing the full head of what appears to be a crane) Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSpears Collection: Sudan - Africa - Men and Women at Lado Enclave

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

Background imageSpears Collection: Bayeux Tapestry. 1066-1077. Transport of weapons

Bayeux Tapestry. 1066-1077. Transport of weapons and wine on a cart. Detail. Romanesque art. Tapestry. FRANCE. Bayeux. Archaeological Museum

Background imageSpears Collection: The Shilluk Tribe - Sudan, Africa

The Shilluk Tribe - Sudan, Africa
The Shilluk (who now prefer to be known as Chollo), are a major Nilotic ethnic group of Southern Sudan, living on both banks of the river Nile, in the vicinity of the city of Malakal

Background imageSpears Collection: Tasmanian aborigines attacking a settlers hut

Tasmanian aborigines attacking a settlers hut. 1870

Background imageSpears Collection: Vietnam - Muong People

Vietnam - Muong People
Vietnam - Warriors of the Muong People from the Hoa Binh Province and the mountainous districts of Thanh Hoa Province in the north of the country. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSpears Collection: Mali - Tuareg men from Timbucktu

Mali - Tuareg men from Timbucktu
Mali - Two Tuareg men from Timbucktu, holding spears. The Tuareg are a Berber nomadic pastoralist people, known as the People of the Veil

Background imageSpears Collection: Aden - Somaili Warriors

Aden - Somaili Warriors
Aden - Somalia - Somali Soldiers

Background imageSpears Collection: Philippines - Igorote Chieftain

Philippines - Igorote Chieftain. Igorot are the people of the Cordillera region, on the Philippino Island of Luzon. The smaller group of the Igorot live in the east and north of the Island

Background imageSpears Collection: Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great
CYRUS II (THE GREAT) Overthrew Croesus Kingdom of Lydia. Led a successful conquest of Babylon (539) and freed Jewish captives

Background imageSpears Collection: Medieval Spearman

Medieval Spearman
A Spearman steadies himself to throw a short spear. A small round shield protects him from enemy arrows

Background imageSpears Collection: Decius Magius of Capua opposing Carthaginian domination

Decius Magius of Capua opposing Carthaginian domination
SECOND PUNIC WAR : Decius Magius of Capua reproaches his countrymens cowardice in accepting Carthaginian domination without resistance

Background imageSpears Collection: Greek vase -- warriors with horse and dog

Greek vase -- warriors with horse and dog
The design on a Greek vase, depicting two warriors with a horse and a dog. It was found in Tiryns, an archaeological site in Mycenae

Background imageSpears Collection: An Abyssinian Chief Attacking a Foot Soldier

An Abyssinian Chief Attacking a Foot Soldier. 1817

Background imageSpears Collection: A Family of New South Wales, Australia

A Family of New South Wales, Australia. 1817

Background imageSpears Collection: Happy Families - Spears Games box

Happy Families - Spears Games box. circa 1920s

Background imageSpears Collection: Henry V - title page

Henry V - title page - with his army in France. 1862

Background imageSpears Collection: Henry V

Henry V - army on horseback. 1862

Background imageSpears Collection: Melchizedek bringing forth bread and wine

Melchizedek bringing forth bread and wine
Melchizedek, King of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine and blessing Abram (Abraham) - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 14.19. 1787

Background imageSpears Collection: Troilus and Cressida - title page

Troilus and Cressida - title page - Cressida handed over to the Greeks. 1862



All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping