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Images Dated 23rd August 2018 (page 7)

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Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Malay man and woman tilling field, South East Asia

Malay man and woman tilling field, South East Asia
Malay 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

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Malay man gathering bread from tree, South East Asia

Malay man gathering bread from tree, South East Asia
Malay 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

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Children making baskets, Hong Kong

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

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Kayan men in long house with skulls, Borneo, SE Asia

Kayan men in long house with skulls, Borneo, SE Asia
Kayan 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

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Kenyah man with his shield, Borneo, SE Asia

Kenyah man with his shield, Borneo, SE Asia
Young 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

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Kayan man with piglet and blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia

Kayan man with piglet and blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia
Young 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

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Kenyah men using their blowpipes, Borneo, SE Asia

Kenyah men using their blowpipes, Borneo, SE Asia
Young Kenyah men using their blowpipes in the jungle, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). (5 of 6) Date: 1922

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Kayan man preparing poison for blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia

Kayan man preparing poison for blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia
Young 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)

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Kayan man collecting poison for blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia

Kayan man collecting poison for blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia
Young 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

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Young Kayan man making a blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia

Young Kayan man making a blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia
Young 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

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Three Sea Dayak warriors, Borneo, SE Asia

Three Sea Dayak warriors, Borneo, SE Asia
Three Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban warriors in traditional costume, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Sea Dayak woman weaving, Borneo, SE Asia

Sea Dayak woman weaving, Borneo, SE Asia
A 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

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Sea Dayak woman making thread, Borneo, SE Asia

Sea Dayak woman making thread, Borneo, SE Asia
A Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban woman in traditional costume making thread, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire)

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Echidna nebulosa, clouded eel

Echidna nebulosa, clouded eel
Ff. 172. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated echidna variegata murona and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Megalomys desmarestii, antillean giant rice rat

Megalomys desmarestii, antillean giant rice rat. Catalogue number NHM 1850.11.30.6

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Oligoryzomys victus, St. Vincent pygmy rice rat

Oligoryzomys victus, St. Vincent pygmy rice rat (holotype). Catalogue reference NHM 1897.12.26.1)

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: The Avalanche

The Avalanche
Plate 20 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated withdesigns by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Aerial view from Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France

Aerial view from Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France. Date: 1922

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Adults and children of an indigenous tribe, Formosa (Taiwan)

Adults and children of an indigenous tribe, Formosa (Taiwan)
Mountain-dwelling adults and children of an indigenous tribe, in and below a watchtower used for hunting purposes, Formosa (now Taiwan). The island was at this time a Japanese province. Date: 1922

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Young woman of the Atayal tribe, Formosa (Taiwan)

Young woman of the Atayal tribe, Formosa (Taiwan)
Young woman of the Atayal (Tayal, Tayan) tribe, Formosa (now Taiwan). They were based around the mountainous region to the north of the island, which was at this time a Japanese province

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Peasant men playing a game in a field, Finland

Peasant men playing a game in a field, Finland. Involving a human hobby-horse, it is similar to the Russian game of Little Towns, using small cylindrical pieces of wood. Date: 1922

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Elderly couple outside cottage, Little Comberton, Worcs

Elderly couple outside cottage, Little Comberton, Worcs
Elderly couple outside their cottage, Little Comberton, Worcestershire. He is a roadmender, just returned home from work. Date: 1922

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Cottage built out of hard stone, Kinver Edge, West Midlands

Cottage built out of hard stone, Kinver Edge, West Midlands
Cottage built out of the hard stone of the Holy Austin Rock at Kinver Edge, on the border of Worcestershire and Staffordshire, with a toddler at the doorway and an elderly woman at the window

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Beating the bounds of the parish, St Clement Danes, London

Beating the bounds of the parish, St Clement Danes, London
Beating the bounds of the parish, St Clement Danes, City of Westminster, London -- a custom dating back to Roman times, thought to be a survival of the Terminalia, or festival of Terminus

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Derby Day at Epsom racecourse, Epsom Downs, Surrey

Derby Day at Epsom racecourse, Epsom Downs, Surrey
Aerial view of Derby Day at Epsom racecourse, Epsom Downs, Surrey, England, with people milling around, and bookmakers signs and stands. Date: 1922

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Derby Day at Epsom racecourse, Epsom Downs, Surrey

Derby Day at Epsom racecourse, Epsom Downs, Surrey, England -- a horse-drawn coach and a motor coach, both full of people, arriving for the big event. Date: 1922

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Young woman in a field of poppies, England

Young woman in a field of poppies, England
Young woman in a field of poppies on a sunny day, England. Date: 1922

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Judges processing from Westminster Abbey, London

Judges processing from Westminster Abbey, London
Judges processing from the Poets Corner doorway of Westminster Abbey to the House of Lords, at the end of the Long Vacation, as part of the ceremonial reopening of the London Law Courts

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Eskimos rowing a boat, Greenland

Eskimos rowing a boat, Greenland
Eskimos rowing hunting canoes with double-bladed paddles, Greenland (then a Danish colony). Date: 1922

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Three Sakai tribesmen, Malay States, South East Asia

Three Sakai tribesmen, Malay States, South East Asia
Three men of the Sakai tribe with hunting implements including a spear, stone axes and a blowpipe (or sumpitan), Malay States, South East Asia (then part of the British Empire, now Malaysia)

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Young Kayan man making a blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia

Young Kayan man making a blowpipe, Borneo, SE Asia
Young Kayan man boring a hole with an iron rod into a piece of hard jagang wood to make a blowpipe, with a little help from a friend, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire)

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Przewalskium albirostris, white-lipped deer

Przewalskium albirostris, white-lipped deer
View of Przewalskium albirostris skull from below

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Przewalskium albirostris, white-lipped deer

Przewalskium albirostris, white-lipped deer
View of the top of Przewalskium albirostris skull

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Dusicyon australis, Falkland Islands fox

Dusicyon australis, Falkland Islands fox
The Falklands fox, also known as the Falkland Islands wolf or the Warrah, was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands. It became extinct in 1876 (on West Falkland island)

Background imageImages Dated 23rd August 2018: Dusicyon australis, Falkland Islands fox

Dusicyon australis, Falkland Islands fox
The Falklands fox, also known as the Falkland Islands wolf or the Warrah, was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands. It became extinct in 1876 (on West Falkland island)



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