Indigenous Collection

First Portrait of King Charles III
Portrait of King Charles III commissioned from artist Alastair Barford by ILN

FREDERICK O BRIEN (1869-1932). American writer. O Brien on Samoa, 1915, doing research for his book White Shadows in the South Seas. 1919

Crying to the spirits, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Crying to the spirits, c1908. Hidatsa Indian (Yellow Owl?) standing in field, full-length, wearing fur robe, facing right

Turtle, Aboriginal Rock Art, Kakadu National Park
Painting of turtle at the aboriginal rock art site at Obirr Rock in Kakadu National Park where the paintings date from 20000 years old to modern, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory

Aspidium filix mas or Male Shield fern. Handcoloured engraving from William Curtis, Flora Londiniensis; containing a history of the plants indigenous to Great Britain

Zanjueelah, the boatman of the rapids, pub. 1865. Creator: Thomas Baines (1820-75)
Zanjueelah, the boatman of the rapids, from The Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, pub. 1865 (colour lithographgraph)

Paintings from the Dreamtime, Australia, Pacific

Portrait of an Aboriginal man, named Bennelong
Drawing 41 from the Watling Collection titled Native name Ben-nel-long, as painted when angry after Botany Bay Colebee was wounded by Port Jackson Painter, c. 1790

Mursi tribe
Africa, Ethiopia, Debub Omo Zone, woman of the Mursi tribe. A nomadic cattle herder ethnic group located in Southern Ethiopia, close to the Sudanese border. Two Mursi men with bodypaint

Captain James Cook taking possession of New South Wales in the name of the British Crown, 1770. James Cook (1728-1779), English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, made three voyages of discovery

Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, 1845. Creator: George Caleb Bingham
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, 1845

Maori girls rubbing noses, c1920. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Totonaca Civilization. 1950. MEXICO. Mexico City. National Palace. Mexican Mural Painting. Fresco

Masai performing warrior dance, Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Namarrgon, the Lightning Man, one of the supernatural ancestors depicted at the aboriginal rock art site at Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory

Jack Red Cloud Native North American Sioux Indian

Truganini, last surviving female Tasmanian Aboiginal
Truganini (Truganina, Trugernanner or Lalla Rooke, c1812-1876), the last surviving Tasmanian Aboiginal or Palawa woman. 1866

Young Uyghur Girl - Kashgar, Xinjiang
Young indigenous Uyghur girl of Kashgar. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Masai performing warrior dance, Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Colorful sunset blossoms across a New Mexico sky. Home to the Pueblo Indians who have been calling this enchanting landscape their ancestral homelands for thousands of years

How Navajo Indian Rugs are made - USA Date: circa 1930s

Maori Chieftain, New Zealand. Date: circa 1910s

Picture No. 10760372
Chief Lttle Hawk photo 1904 - North American Indian wearing feather headdress Date:

Picture No. 10766707
Australia - aboriginal rock painting of Kangaroos Date:

Sioux Native American Indian man, 1890

17th century map of the New World
Western Hemisphere, 17th century Dutch map. This shows the New World that was being discovered by Europeans exploring the Western Hemisphere of the Earth

Little Bear - Chief of the Cree - Montana, USA
Little Bear - Chief of the Cree Indian Tribe - Montana, USA

Welcoming ceremony performed by descendants of the Tuhourangi/Ngati Wahiao tribe, Te Puia Maori Village, Te Puia Wakarewarewa Geothermal Village, Rotorua, Taupo Volcanic Zone, North Island

Aboriginal Rock Art at the Art Gallery, Carnarvon Gorge, Carnarvon National Park, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

A dream painting with snakes of the Walpiri Tribe, Australia, Pacific

Australia - Sydney street with steam powered tram
c. 1890s Australia - Sydney street with steam powered tram and horse carriages

Old cliff dwellings and cliff palace in the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA

Local women and llamas in front of Inca ruins, near Cuzco, Peru, South America

Maori statue with Moko facial tattoo, New Zealand, Pacific

Aboriginal Rock Art at the Art Gallery, Carnarvon Gorge, Carnarvon National Park, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Afghan People / 1848
Some of the various indigenous peoples of Afghanistan

South America, Peru, Cusco. A Quechua boy in a poncho and a chullo woollen cap with a Llama standing in front of an Inca wall in the UNESCO World Heritage listed former Inca capital of Cusco

The Lookout by Russell
The Lookout Charles Marion Russell (1865-1926 American)

King Mongkut, Rama IV of Siam, Thailand
19th century vintage photograph: Mongkut The Great, also known as King Rama IV, reigning title Phra Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua. 18 October 1804 - 1 October 1868

Japanese samurai with armour and swords, Japan, c. 1880 s
Japanese samurai with armour and swords, Japan, c.1880 s

peruvian woman with traditional clothes smiling

Picture No. 10780619
Ethiopia - child surma: tribe of south west Ethiopia. Taking and drinking the blood of a cow Date:

Forest of Sitka Island (northwest coast of America), 19th century

Ceylon Sri Lanka - Tamil girl with nose rings
c. 1880s Ceylon Sri Lanka - Tamil girl with nose rings and ornate jewellery

Charminar, Hyderabad, India, street scene, c.1890 s

c. 1880s South East Asia - Philippines - girls and women
c.1880s South East Asia - Philippines - girls and women - washing and getting their hair done

Woman weaving on a frame, Ecuador, South America. Date: 1922

First Nation warriors of northwestern territories - Canada
A superb photograph of two First Nation warriors of an indigenous tribe of the northwestern territories - Canada. circa 1900s

South America, Peru, Cusco. Quechua people standing in front of an Inca wall, holding
South America, Peru, Cusco

Zulu warriors, Southern Africa, c1875. Group portrait of Zulu warriors outside a thatched hut

The Florida. 16th century. Timucua Indian village. Food transportation by canoe. Engraving by Theodore de Bry (1528-1598). Brevis narratio floridae Eorum Quae in.... Frankfurt, 1591

Picture No. 10780603
Ethiopia - Surma: tribe of south west Ethiopia. Children taking and drinking the blood of a cow. Date:

Skeleton of Negrillo or pigmy
A skeleton of a female pygmy from the Akka Tribe, Monnattu, central Africa. Specimen presented by Dr Emin Pasha, 1887. Photograph by J Benjamin Stone in 1907

A Himba woman in traditional attire. Her body gleams from a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs

Almost every Himba woman wears anklets. They comprise strands of homemade metal beads threaded onto leather

Kabyle woman with a cigarette. Algeria
19th century vintage photograph - Kabyle woman with a cigarette

City Gate, Tangier, Morocco, c. 1900
City Gate, Tangier, Morocco, c.1900

MEXICO-HEALTH-VIRUS-EDUCATION-INDIGENOUS-POVERTY
A boy member of the Santiago family, is homeschooled in San Miguel Amoltepec Viejo, Guerrero state, Mexico, on September 8, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic

Luanda, Angola - Group of Mondombos Tribespeople, Mocamedes
A group of Mondombos Tribespeople (modern Herero) from the region close to Mocamedes (Mossamedes) (the capital city of Namibe Province in post-independence Angola). Date: circa 1906

Kea (New Zealand alpine parrot, Nestor notabilis ), Mount Hutt, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

Asia; Cambodia; Angkor Watt; Siem Reap; Faces of the Bayon Temple
Cambodia, Angkor Watt, Siem Reap, Faces of the Bayon Temple

A street vendor with a bicycle selling her flowers in Hanoi, Vietnam, Asia

Princess Baa of the Ashanti and her husband - Ghana
Princess Baa of the Ashanti and her husband from Ghana - pictured outside the Gold Coast Pavillion at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park in 1924

Old Sami Man from Finnmark County, Norway
An old Sami Man from Finnmark County in the extreme northeast of Norway

Bolivia - La Paz - Aymara Indians Date: circa 1910s

Picture No. 10876591
Himba lady - shaving boys head with sheath knife Date:

Picture No. 10872025
Tribal Dancer - Bushmen Girl dancing in Manghetti dunes Date:

Picture No. 10864327
Australian Aboriginal rock art Date:

Picture No. 10864324
Aboriginal art Bigge Island. Date:

Picture No. 10848257
Tonga - tapa cloth Date:

Picture No. 10848250
Tonga - tapa cloth being made from tree bark Date:

Native American Indian: Navajo blanket weaver, c1904. Woman weaving a blanket on a vertical loom. Photograph by Edward Curtis (1868-1952)

South American cannibals, 16th century
South American cannibals. 16th-century artwork of indigenous people of South American dismembering and roasting their slain enemies

Pomfret illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Ecuador, Otavalo. Woven wallhangings displaying scenes of Andean life and culture, handmade by weavers of Peguche and sold at Otavalo Market

Sudan - Shullucks of the Upper Nile

Traditional beehive house of the Dorze people made entirely from organic materials, Chencha mountains, Ethiopia, Africa

Namondjok in centre, who ate his clan sister, Namarrgon on right the Lightning Man and Barrginj his wife below left, supernatural ancestors at the rock art site, Nourlangie Rock

Masai warriors performing jumping dance, Serengeti Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Thursday Island, or in the indigenous language
Illustration of a Thursday Island, or in the indigenous language, Waiben, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, near Cape York Peninsula in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia

Child of Mundari tribe
Svetlin Yosifov

c. 1900 New Zealand - Maori women rubbing noses
c.1900 New Zealand - Maori women rubbing noses

Samurai with two swords, Japan
Vintage 19th century photograph - Japan - samurai in a studio setting, with two swords, proably an actor

Affray of rival Aboriginal tribes, three miles from Brisbane in New South Wales, Australia

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"Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Indigenous Cultures: From Ancient Rock Art to Vibrant Traditions" Immerse yourself in the captivating world cultures, where ancient traditions and vibrant heritage come alive. Journey back in time as you witness a painting of a majestic turtle at the aboriginal rock art site in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. These remarkable paintings, dating from 20, 000 years ago to modern times, are recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Delve into the Dreamtime with awe-inspiring paintings from Australia and the Pacific region. Picture No. 10766707 transports you to a realm where stories unfold through intricate brushstrokes on canvas. Feel the essence of cultural identity emanating from each stroke. Travel further east to Xinjiang and meet a young Uyghur girl who embodies resilience and grace amidst her ancestral homeland's challenges. The Mursi tribe takes us on an extraordinary journey through their unique customs and adornments that reflect their deep-rooted connection with nature. Encounter Namarrgon, known as the Lightning Man—an enigmatic supernatural ancestor depicted at Nourlangie Rock in Kakadu National Park—a testament to Aboriginal spirituality that has endured for centuries. Uncover historical perspectives with a glimpse into a 17th-century map showcasing explorations of the New World—a reminder civilizations flourishing long before colonization took hold. Witness warriors unleashing their prowess through dance as Masai performers captivate audiences in Kenya's Masai Mara region—where tradition intertwines seamlessly with everyday life. In Sydney's bustling streets adorned by steam-powered trams, experience how Australia embraced progress while honoring its indigenous roots—a fusion of old and new coexisting harmoniously. Marvel at nature's masterpiece as colorful sunset blossoms across New Mexico's sky—an ode to Native American reverence for land and celestial beauty passed down through generations.