Natives Collection (#64)

Colonial America (16th c. ). Religion (1585)
Colonial America (16th c.). Religion (1585). Jesuit evangelizing Indians in North America

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Sican or Lambayeque Culture (700-1300). PERU. Ferre񡦥. Sicᮠ National Museum

Sican or Lambayeque Culture (700-1300). Representation. PERU. Ferre񡦥. Sicᮠ National Museum

Scottish Reel / Cairo
Two Scotsmen dance a reel to the tune of a bagpipe, astonishing the natives of Cairo Date: late 19th century

Francis Drake Cole
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE the English admiral and circumnavigator of the world, receiving the homage and regalia of the King of New Albion Date: 1545 - 1596

Fijian islander on board ship, 1861 Date: 1861

Aborigines, Tasmania
Australian aboriginals, Hobart, Tasmania, 1898 Date: 1898

East Africa Transport poster
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, East African Transport - New Style Date: 1927-1933

A parley: prepared for an emergency. Date c1866

Several representations of the customs and manners of the natives of divers parts of America

Greenlanders singing combat, c. 1800
Natives of Greenland gather outdoors for a singing contest. Date: c. 1800

Coreopsis Geese - natives of Australia, the ones here were kept as pets at Hale, Cheshire, England. They are pugnacious and utter loud grunts deep than a pig! Date: 1950s

Inhabitants of Tikopia, south west Pacific
Native inhabitants of the small island of Tikopia, in the south west Pacific Ocean, near the Santa Cruz and Solomon Islands. Date: 19th century

Two Araucanos playing pelican, Chile, South America
Two Araucanos (natives of Chile) playing at pelican, or bandy-ball, a game similar to hockey, in the high mountain valley of Cuevas, Chile, South America. 1824

New Zealand war canoe

George Robinson on his conciliation mission, Tasmania

Swaziland Natives
Natives of Swaziland, a small, landlocked country in southern Africa. Date: 1930s

Hunters stalking herd of elephants, Sri Lanka
Stalking a Herd -- hunters spying on a herd of elephants in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). 1854

Hunters and elephants in long grass, Sri Lanka
Hard at it -- hunters in the middle of a herd of elephants in long grass in Sri Lanka. 1854

Natives with boat on the Tigris near Baghdad, Iraq
Natives on the Tigris near Baghdad, Iraq, with a gufa or guffa, a round wickerwork boat used since ancient times. Date: 20th century

Natives of a cold country sitting round a fire
Natives of a cold country (probably Inuit Eskimos) sitting round a fire in a wood, smoking their pipes. Date: 19th century

Interior of Fort Dschang, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
Interior view of Fort Dschang, Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Native troops building shelters, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
Native troops and carriers building shelters in German Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Taking guns across at Nloke Bridge, Cameroon, WW1
African natives taking guns across the river at Nloke Bridge, Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: 6 December 1914

Troops leaving for Duala, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
British troops at Freetown, Sierra Leone, leaving for an attack on a German fort at Duala (Douala), Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Defending German officials house, Windhoek, SW Africa
Five men (three white and two black) ready to defend a German officials house at Windhoek, in German South West Africa (now Namibia)

West Indies sugar mill
Interior view of a sugar mill in the West Indies. Date: 19th century

Native huts near Mora, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
Native huts in a village near Mora, Cameroon, west central Africa, around the time of the First World War, showing people and horses. Date: circa 1914

Military music - ancient instruments(1 of 8)
Trumpets used by natives in warfare against the Romans

Basuto Gun War, 1880 - village attacked
Basutos repulsed when attacking a village during the Basuto Gun War, 1880. Date: 1880

Native carriers, Fort Dschang, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
Native carriers at Fort Dschang, German Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Uganda
Various views of Uganda, clockwise from top right: 1. The grave of Mtesa, Late King of Uganda; 2. The Kings Palace at Uganda; 3. A village of Uganda; 4. The capital of Uganda; 5. A group of natives

Brazilians mashing turtle eggs
Native indians of Brazil cooking al fresco: mashing turtle eggs in a large trough. Date: 19th century

Hawaii - Hawaiians and their Grass Hut
Hawaii - Hawaiians in their lovely grass hut with grass veranda!! Date: circa 1910

Primitive sailing boat
A primitive sailing boat near an island, probably in the Pacific Ocean

Balboa / Exploration
Vasco Nunez de Balboa is attacked by natives on his way to the Cordilleras Date: 16th century

Javanese Boat People
Javanese boat people, whose homes are boats, in what was then the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. Date: early 1930s

Stevenson / James Chalmers
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writer with the missionary James Chalmers and a group of natives in Samoa, circa 1890. Please note

Roller (Hyde Park)
A massive Aveling & Porter roller astonishes the natives in Hyde Park, London Date: 1866

Diamond Hunting / Borneo
Natives hunting for diamonds in a river, Borneo. They sieve through the silt in the hope that they will find diamonds. Date: 1883

American Natives / De Bry
Native Americans as described by travellers, with a bow for hunting, a canoe for fishing and a basket for gathering Date: 16th century

Baptising Natives
Mormons baptise Native Americans. A camera man is there to record the moment for posterity. 1882

Livingstone / Reads Bible
DAVID LIVINGSTONE Livingstone as a missionary reads the Bible to African natives Date: 1813 - 1873

Fish trap covered with staghorn coral, Reta Island, Alor Archipelago, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Fish traps and fish on reef, Reta Island, Alor Archipelago, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Fish trap on reef, Pantar Island, Alor Archipelago, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Fisherman swimming over reef with net, Teluk Lebateba, Lembata Island, Solor Archipelago, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

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