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Young peasant woman in traditional dress, BulgariaYoung peasant woman in traditional dress with embroidered bodice, Bulgaria. She is carrying baskets of wild berries. Date: 1922
Bride wearing a traditional floral mask, BulgariaBride wearing a traditional floral mask with a cap of coins, Bulgaria. Date: 1922
House interior, Purari Delta, New Guinea, South West PacificInterior of a mens house, with mural decorations consisting of shields, drums and ornaments, Purari Delta, New Guinea, South West Pacific (then part of the British Empire, now Papua New Guinea)
Malay man collecting wine from tree, South East AsiaMalay man collecting sweet wine from a toddy palm tree, Malay States, South East Asia (then part of the British Empire, now Malaysia). Date: 1922
Three Sakai tribesmen, Malay States, South East AsiaThree men of the Sakai tribe, equipped for hunting, Malay States, South East Asia (then part of the British Empire, now Malaysia). Date: 1922
Malay man and woman tilling field, South East AsiaMalay man and woman tilling a field with a primitive harrow, Malay States, South East Asia (then part of the British Empire, now Malaysia). Date: 1922
Malay man gathering bread from tree, South East AsiaMalay man gathering bread from a tree, in the form of jackfruit, Malay States, South East Asia (then part of the British Empire, now Malaysia). Date: 1922
Children making baskets, Hong Kong (then part of the British Empire) -- their small, nimble hands are claimed to be ideal for this work. Date: 1922
Kayan men in long house with skulls, Borneo, SE AsiaKayan men sitting on the floor of a long house with war trophy skulls on display, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922
Kenyah man with his shield, Borneo, SE AsiaYoung Kenyah man with his shield, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). It has a stylised face painted on it, and is decorated with human hair from his victims. Date: 1922
Kayan man with piglet and blowpipe, Borneo, SE AsiaYoung Kayan man who has just caught a piglet with a poison dart from his blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). (6 of 6) Date: 1922
Kenyah men using their blowpipes, Borneo, SE AsiaYoung Kenyah men using their blowpipes in the jungle, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). (5 of 6) Date: 1922
Kayan man preparing poison for blowpipe, Borneo, SE AsiaYoung Kayan man heating poison for use in his blowpipe over a fire, until it becomes a thick, dark paste, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire)
Kayan man collecting poison for blowpipe, Borneo, SE AsiaYoung Kayan man collecting milky sap containing poison from an Ipoh tree for use in his blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). (3 of 6) Date: 1922
Young Kayan man making a blowpipe, Borneo, SE AsiaYoung Kayan man shaping a piece of hard jagang wood to make a blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). (1 of 6) Date: 1922
Three Sea Dayak warriors, Borneo, SE AsiaThree Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban warriors in traditional costume, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922
Sea Dayak woman weaving, Borneo, SE AsiaA Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban woman in traditional costume weaving on a frame, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). (2 of 2) Date: 1922
Sea Dayak woman making thread, Borneo, SE AsiaA Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban woman in traditional costume making thread, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire)
Sea Dayak family, Borneo, SE AsiaSea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban family in traditional costume, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). 1922
Kalimantan chief of Borneo, SE AsiaA Klemantan (Kalimantan) chief of Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire), wearing a tiger-cat war coat, and holding a sword and a shield. Date: 1922
Two Kayan wrestlers of Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire) - a popular sport with the older boys and men of the tribe. 1922
Two young Dayak men, Borneo, SE AsiaTwo young Dayak men of Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire) -- they are about to start of cock fight with two cockerels. Date: 1922
Kalabit tribe blacksmiths, Borneo, SE AsiaTwo Kalabit (Kelabit) tribe blacksmiths, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire) - they are using two cylinders made from palm stems as bellows. Date: 1922
Kalabit tribe blacksmiths, Sarawak, Borneo, SE AsiaThree Kalabit (Kelabit) tribe blacksmiths, Sarawak, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire) - they are forging implements from smelted metal. Date: 1922
Tribal chief and his bodyguards, Borneo, SE AsiaA tribal chief and his bodyguards, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire) -- this is how they appear when on a diplomatic mission to the leaders of another tribe. Date: 1922
Sweetmeat seller, Lahej Bazaar, Gulf of Aden, ArabiaJewish sweetmeat seller, Lahej (Abdali, Al Houta) Bazaar, Gulf of Aden, Arabia (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922
Somali woman with hookah, Gulf of Aden, ArabiaSomali woman relaxing with a hookah, Gulf of Aden, Arabia. Date: 1922
Arab children on playground ride, Gulf of Aden, Arabia (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922
Young Sea Dayak or Iban woman, Borneo, SE AsiaYoung Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban woman in traditional costume made of brass and silver, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922
Windmill for processing sugar cane, Barbados, West IndiesA windmill is used for the processing of sugar cane in Barbados, West Indies (then in the British Empire). Date: 1922
Jamaican industry was struggling against fierce rivalry of production volumes from the great European Nations manufactures
Women working in sugar cane field, Jamaica, West IndiesWomen working in a sugar cane field, tending the young crops, Jamaica, West Indies (then in the British Empire). Date: 1922
Wapisiana hunter, British Guiana, South AmericaWapisiana (Wapishana, Wapixana) hunter shooting fish, British Guiana, South America (then part of the British Empire, now Guyana). 1922
Swahili women, Zanzibar island, Tanzania, East AfricaTwo Swahili women of Zanzibar island, Tanzania (then part of the British Empire), East Africa. One is helping the other with her hair. Date: 1922
Kikuyu couple in the forest, Kenya, East AfricaKikuyu couple in the forest, Kenya (then a British colony), East Africa -- the plume on the end of the warriors spear shows his peaceful intentions
Native fashions of Kenya, East AfricaNative fashions of Kenya (then a British colony), East Africa -- a Kikuyu man of the Nairobi district (top left) with a stretched earlobe; a Masai man (top right)
Bantu musicians with gourd piano, Central AfricaTwo Bantu musicians playing a gourd piano looking rather like a curved xylophone, Central Africa. Date: 1922
Nubian women, North Sudan, East Central AfricaNubian women with plaited hair in North Sudan, East Central Africa. Date: 1922
King Basu Fondong, Cameroon, Central AfricaKing Basu Fondong (Fondom) of Cameroon, Central Africa, seated on his throne. Date: 1922
Swahili women dressing each others hair, East AfricaSwahili women of East Africa (then part of the British Empire), dressing each others hair. Date: 1922
Swahili women and children, East AfricaTwo young Swahili women and children of East Africa (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922
Dervish of Sudan, East Central AfricaA young dervish of the Sudan area (then part of the British Empire), East Central Africa. Date: 1922
Man with two monkey heads, East AfricaMan holding two monkey heads, somewhere in East Africa, then part of the British Empire. The types of monkey are Cercopithecus (left) and Colobus (right). Date: 1922
Mende men playing Warri, Gold Coast, West AfricaMen of the Mendi (Mende) country playing a game called Warri, Gold Coast (then part of the British Empire, now part of Sierra Leone), West Africa
Telegraph poles for railway, Tanganyika, East AfricaMen holding up cast iron telegraph poles destined to run along the railway line in Tanganyika, East Africa (then part of the British Empire, now Tanzania). Date: 1922
Huntsmen with game, Tanganyika, East Africa (then part of the British Empire, now Tanzania). Date: 1922
Men of Zanzibar holding large tusks, Tanzania, East AfricaTwo men of Zanzibar holding a pair of large ivory tusks, Tanzania (then part of the British Empire), East Africa. Date: 1922
Swahili woman, Zanzibar peninsula, Tanzania, East AfricaYoung Swahili woman of the Zanzibar peninsula, Tanzania (then part of the British Empire), East Africa. A convert from Islam to Christianity. Date: 1922