Stilts 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)

Hairdresser on Stilts
Il faut souffrir pour etre belle - one must suffer to be beautiful

Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Native School. Date: circa 1910s

Papua New Guinea - Elevara Mission and L. M.s Mission
Papua New Guinea - Elevara Village and the L.M.S. Mission. The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans

Peter & Paul Fortress
A view of the town and habour of St Peter and St Paul, in Kamtschatka. Probably the Peter & Paul Fortress in the Neva delta which was used as a political prison

Village Scene - Ivory Coast - 1940s - French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan, French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta

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

Piasecki Vertol CH-21C 83 17
Bundeswehr Heer (German Army) - Piasecki (Vertol) CH-21C 83 17 (msn WG17), one of 32 built under license by Weser Flugzeugbau for the West German Army, at Niedermendig, circa 1970

Medieval trained animals: bear doing a headstand, hare with tabor (top), juggler and tumbling monkey, monkey jockey on a muzzled bear (middle)

Medieval performers
Girl dancing on the shoulders of a bagpiper, and a man playing a pipe with an animal head while dancing on stilts, 13th century

Medieval dancers and performers
Girl dancing on the shoulders of a bagpiper, 13th century, man playing a pipe while dancing on stilts, 13th century (top), tumbler preparing to leap through a hoop held by two others

Dancers on stilts in the Champs Elysees. A family of street entertainers, the country folks of Landes, perform while mother bangs a drum and father directs on horseback

House on stilts of the Minangkabau people in Sumatra, Indonesia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R

Hairdresser on stilts pulling a womans hair to the ceiling
One must suffer for beauty. A hairdresser on stilts pulls a womans hair to the ceiling in the Chinese style. The hairstyle a la Chinoise is definitely a major makeover

Men on stilts in Les Landes, south west France
Men on stilts in the marshy Les Landes, south west France. When resting they slant the stilts as if sitting down, and prop themselves up with a third pole. Date: 1922

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

Market Place and Old Market House, Ledbury, Herefordshire. Date: circa 1900s

A long snouted sow plays a harp, walks on stilts and wears the fashionable French steeple-shaped headdress known as a Hennin. A style rare in England. Date: late 15th century

Shepherdess of les Landes, southwest France, mounted on stilts Date: circa 1840

Shepherd of les Landes, southwest France, mounted on stilts Date: circa 1840

Exhibition of trained animals
Manifested in England from a very early period, for manuscripts of twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries contain numerous representations of dogs, horses, pigs, goats cocks, bears

JAPANESE KIDS ON STILTS
Japanese children play on stilts and hobby horses. Date: 19th century

T ROOSEVELT / JUDGE CIRCUS
THEODORE ROOSEVELT 26th American President depicted as a circus ringmaster

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

Galician granary - 02
Galician granaries, on a farm in Northern Spain Date: 1990

Galician granary - 01
Galician granary, on a farm in Northern Spain Date: 1990

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

Fairies in a field on a Christmas and New Year card
Fairies and goblins in a field on a Christmas and New Year card -- Harvest Time. Date: circa 1890s

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

Guam - Houses undamaged after Typhoon
Guam - Morning after the Typhoon of November 13th 1913 - the houses look remarkably unscathed - testament to clever local architectural design!!! Date: 1913

The Darling of the Gods by David Belasco & John Luther Long
The Darling of the Gods by David Belasco and John Luther Long. The heroine, Princess Yo-San, is in white on the right. The image corresponds to the right hand page of a double-page spread in

Traditional Malay Fishing Village with stilt houses
Traditional Malay Fishing Village with houses raised up on stilts. Date: circa 1920s

South China - Mai Wan Beach - Foreshore - buildings on stilts. Part of Box 24 Boswell Collection Southern China and Its people. Date: circa 1900

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

Port Moresby, New Guinea
Local inhabitants site near the water at Port Moresby, New Guinea. Huts on stilts and traditional boats with outriggers can be seen. Date: circa 1895

Arched Bridge and Corridor of the Itsukushima Shrine, Japan
Arched Bridge (Sori-bashi) and Corridor (raised on stilts) at the Itsukushima Shrine - a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima)

Huts of Ovambo people
The elaborate huts of the Ovambo people of the west coast of Africa. The hut on stilts is a store for foodstuffs. Date: 1870

Osterbo Mountain Lodge - A Honeymoon Cabin - Norway
Young bride on her honeymoon sitting in the doorway of the Osterbo Mountain Lodge - A Honeymoon Cabin - Norway. Date: circa 1930s

Dancers on stilts in the Champs Elysees.. Handcolored aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from A Tour through Paris, William Sams, London, 1825

Paris, France - La Samaritaine. Date: 1719

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

The Lifelyke stilted giraffe lurer by Heath Robinson
The Lifelyke stilted giraffe-lurer, part of a series called Very Patent Aides to Sport by William Heath Robinson in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

Flower-lovers dine beneath wisteria blossoms - Tokyo, Japan
Flower-lovers dine/lunch beneath wisteria blossoms - Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Singapore - Native Sampan boats moored on the riverbank Date: 1911

Southern Philippines - Typical Homestead built on stilts. The frame on the right is a shade to offer relief from the sun in the middle of the day (with a covering). Date: circa 1910s

Penang - A Malay Village - Malaysia Date: circa 1910s

Laos - Building a Missionary School
Building a Missionary School at Ban Nong Bua, Khammouan, Laos Date: circa 1910s

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