Tribal Gallery

Portrait Of Sioux Chief Sitting Bull

Portrait shows the chief of the Sioux tribe Sitting Bull (1831 - 1890), known as Tatanka Iyotake to his people, as he sits in Bismarck, North Dakota, 1881. Sitting Bull became head of the Strong Heart warrior society in 1856 and chief of the entire Sioux nation in 1867. (Image by O.S. Goff/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Playing the Rabana drum - Sinhalese - Colombo, Sri Lanka

Playing the Rabana drum - Sinhalese people - Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Maha (big) Rabana or Banku (bench) Rabana, played by two or more people at a time is used at wedding festivals and Sinhala New Year Celebrations in Sri Lanka. It also symbolizes the spring festivals of the country. Generally women are the best players of the Banku Rabana and a special system of Raban Pada is in practice among them. One reads out the beat loudly and plays it in collaboration with others. Some of the onlookers would enjoy the music with dance in order to tune it for better sounds. The Rabana (as can be seen on this card) is kept on three wooden trunks about 18 inches high and the leader kindles fire under the instrument so that it can be tuned for finer sounds. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

The Zulu War, the Gallant Defence of Rorke's Drift by Lieutenants Chard

1059015 The Zulu War, the Gallant Defence of Rorke's Drift by Lieutenants Chard and Bromhead and One Hundred and Thirty-Seven Men (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Zulu War, the Gallant Defence of Rorke's Drift by Lieutenants Chard and Bromhead and One Hundred and Thirty-Seven Men, Scene at Daybreak on the Following Morning. Illustration for The Graphic, 15 March 1879.); Look and Learn / Illustrated Papers Collection; English, out of copyright

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