Spikes Collection

Dressing Fante Ladys hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast, Africa
Dressing a Fanti (Fante) Ladys hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast, West Africa (modern Ghana). Date: circa 1910s

The Turin Exposition of 1911 - The Hungarian Pavilion
The Turin Exposition of 1911 - The quite surreal Hungarian Pavilion Date: 1911

Start of a Cock Fight Date: circa 1906

India - Calcutta - doing penance on a bed of spikes early 1900s

Military Procession
A painting of a band of military soldiers, with spikes raised, fully cramming a town road, done with an angular style. Date: circa 1916

Head on Old London Bridge
Head displayed on spikes on Old London Bridge Date: 1300 to 1660

NASHVILLE/TRENCHES STORM
The storming of the trenches at Franklin-Nashville. Date: November 1864

Comic postcard, Man, boy and starfish on the beach Date: 20th century

17th century catchpole. 17th century

?Morning star? trench club, World War One, 1915 (c); wooden head made from a polo ball (?) with bullet spikes, ash handle and a leather strap secured with twine

The Elephant Tower at Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India
The Elephant Tower (Hira/Hiran Minar) at Fatehpur Sikri, a city and municipal board in the Agra district of Uttar Pradesh, India

Puss in Boots enters the Rich Magicians castle. Illustration to a fairytale by Charles Perrault, first published 1697

Female athletes in Ilford
Three female athletes dressed in sweaters and wearing spiked shoes photographed at a track in Ilford, London. 1927

Instrument for tattooing deserters, 1850 (c). Brass body and trigger with brass D plate and steel spikes. Engraved on side with manufacturers name, Savigny and Company, London

Old Maid card game - The Park Keeper. circa 1950s

Stegosaurus armatus is a type of armored dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period.. Stegosaurus armatus is a type of armored dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period with distinctive tail spikes

Boys playing by railings, Balham, SW London
A group of boys playing by some iron railings on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

HEDGEHOG - close-up of face (Erinaceus auritus). Ural mountains, Russia

Ritten Plateau, Tyrol, Italy - Erdpyramids
The Renon/Ritten Plateau - the spectacular and bizarre Earth pyramids (Erdpyramids). The raw material for the earth pyramids comes from moraine clays deposited by the main Eisack valley glacier

Lisbon, Portugal - Casa dos Bicos ( House of the Spikes ) - built in the early 16th century in the Alfama neighbourhood, this building a curious facade of Renaissance and Manueline influence

Art Nouveau scene with Handwalking greek girl
An Art Nouveau picture depicting a young handwalking greek girl along with an accompanying musician, playing a set of pipes

The Canadian National Lacrosse Team Date: circa 1900

Garden scene with abstract elements, and an archway leading to a distant hill

Protective collar against garrotting
A protective collar or stock against garrotting

Injectors for Diesel Engines, manufactured by C.A.V. Ltd. of Sudbury Suffolk. A wonderful photograph by Heinz Zinram

Indian Boxing 1876
A particularly vicious form of boxing in India, where two men fight wearing spikes on their knuckles; the result is rather bloody

Stirling Castle 1949
Stirling Castle: monument to Robert the Bruce on the castle esplanade

Night Attack by Water
Troops in boats attack a town at night by water - but the defenders have placed spikes under the surface which could sink the boats unless they are careful

Siege (Olaus Magnus)
A well-protected town, skirted with multiple rows of chain-linked defences and spikes to prevent a frontal attack by cavalry

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