Stilt Collection

Nipa Houses near Manila, Philippines
Nipa Stilt Houses (also known as bahay kubo, is an indigenous house used in the Philippines. The native house is constructed out of bamboo tied together)

Seychelles stilt palm, Verschaffeltia splendida. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Philippines - Manila - Traditional stilt houses
Philippines - Manila - Traditional bamboo stilt houses

Festival Stilt Dance and Dancers - Dalian, Manchukuo, China
Manchukuo - a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia from 1932 until 1945. It was founded as a republic, but in 1934 it became a constitutional monarchy

Pole fishermen, Sri Lanka - 4
Sri Lankan pole fishermen, sometimes known as stilt fishing, on the coast near Galle, Sri Lanka. Pictured at dawn and silhouetted against the light Date: 2001

Laos - Champasak Province - Man and woman of the Lao Theung
Laos - Champasak Province - A man and woman of the Lao Theung (or Lao Thoeng) Date: circa 1910s

A House in New Guinea. Date: circa 1903

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes - Los Zancos (Stilts) (1791-1792) - original on display at Museo Nacional del Prado. Date: 1792

French actress Mlle Mante as Laure in the play L Education
French actress Louise-Charlotte-Theophile-Delphine Escoffie or Mlle Mante as Laure in the play L Education ou les Deux Cousines by Casimir Bonjour at the Theatre Francais

Stilt houses in the ocean on Rawak Island, Papua New Guinea, 19th century. Natives on outrigger canoes fishing. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Alphonse Pellion from Giulio

Traditional stilt houses in a village in Sumatra, circa 1800. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence

Silhouette, Circus Stilt Walkers dancing. Date: early 19th century

Laos - Luang Prabang Province - Leaving for the Market Date: circa 1910s

MANGROVE TREE
Stilt-like and columnnar roots of Mangrove trees

Fairground scene - Christophers First Appearance in public by John Leech from The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole by Albert Smith. Date: circa 1848

Sri Lankan pole fishermans catch
Poda, a Sri Lankan pole fisherman, or stilt fisherman. In podas hand are three small fishes - his entire catch for one day

Pole fishermen, Sri Lanka - 6
Sri Lankan pole fishermen, sometimes known as stilt fishing, on the coast near Galle, Sri Lanka. The man in the centre of the picture is Poda

Poda, a Sri Lankan pole fisherman, or stilt fisherman, portrait head and shoulders. He and his family were almost certainly killed in the tsumani of 2004 Date: 1994

Pole fishermen, Sri Lanka - 5
Sri Lankan pole fishermen, sometimes known as stilt fishing, on the coast near Galle, Sri Lanka. Pictured at dawn and silhouetted against the light Date: 1994

Pole fishermen, Sri Lanka - 3
Sri Lankan pole fishermen, sometimes known as stilt fishing, on the coast near Galle, Sri Lanka. Pictured at dawn and silhouetted against the light Date: 1994

Pole fishermen, Sri Lanka - 2
Sri Lankan pole fishermen, sometimes known as stilt fishing, on the coast near Galle, Sri Lanka. Pictured at dawn and silhouetted against the light Date: 1994

Pole fishermen, Sri Lanka - 1
Sri Lankan pole fishermen, sometimes known as stilt fishing, on the coast near Galle, Sri Lanka. Pictured at dawn and silhouetted against the light Date: 1994

Taungoo (Toungoo) - a city in the Bago Region, Myanmar. Date: circa 1908

Traditional stilt house of Papua New Guinea
Traditional Papua New Guinea stilt houses constructed by Motuans, commonly found in the southern coastal area of PNG. Date: circa 1920s

Rural Khmer houses on stilts near Phnom Penh, Cambodia - these appear to be fishermans dwellings. Date: circa 1910s

French Polynesia - Leeward Islands and Tahiti
The Leeward Islands (Iles Sous-le-vent) and Tahiti - French Pacific Colonial territories. Inset illustration of Tahaa, Raiatea and Papeete (the capital of French Polynesia on Tahiti). Date: circa 1906

Malaysia - Coastal Village with stilt houses Date: circa 1920

Ruins of a prehistoric house built on stilts. Italy
Neolithic Art. Ruins of a prehistoric house built on stilts. Ledro. Lombardy

Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus, and pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology

Paris, France - La Samaritaine. Date: 1719

Walking on Stilts
French hand coloured engraving of stilt walkers titled Milord Court visitant les Landes

African Stilt Dancers
Stilt dancers from Mpemba Boys Home, in the march past, Malawi, Africa. Date: 1960s

Fishermens huts on the Grand Canal, Shanghai, China. Date: circa 1908

Malay Village, Singapore
Malay Village, Stilt Houses at Pasir Panjang, Singapore Date: circa 1910s

Singapore - Stilt Houses Date: circa 1910s

My house at Bessir, in Waigiou
Page 532 from The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1874

Straw roofed houses on stilts, Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Zamboangan native huts. Zamboanga, Philippines
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Native house in Aru
From My Life - A record of events and opinions by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1908

stilt houses - Inle Lake
Stilt houses - Inle Lake - Basha on stilts on half-island. Date: 1952

The Old Curiosity Shop, the Punch and Judy people
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

Malay House - Pasir Panjang - Singapore Date: circa 1910s

Lakeside Villages - Dahomey / Benin
Dahomey (modern-day Benin) - Lakeside Villages with traditional houses/huts built on stilts. Date: circa 1910s

Men from Landes, France on stilts
Stilt walkers from the Landes Departement, France. They used their stilts to traverse difficult and marshy terrain. Mounted on their stilts

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