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Thomas J. Washbourne, 1870 (ca), A Molka family; an Aboriginal Australian man (Tommy), woman (Biddy) and two children…, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/107794
Whitney & Zimmerman, n.d., Ah-kei-wen-sie. (The Old Man.) Chippewa Chief., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89700
Josiah Martin, 19th century (late), [Three Maori objects; a wooden and paua shell kumete (food presentation bowl)], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/124338
Bennett Greig, 1938, Machu Picchu showing detail of steps and niches cut into the rock; near the Torreon (?), Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89824
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult female standing by a chair in front of a plain backdrop draped with a curtain. Female standing in profile, her clothes round her ankles. Khoikhoi (?), South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89777
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89865
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Head and shoulders of an adult Andamanese male being smeared with "KOIOB" on the hollow of his upper lip; he is wearing neck-ornament. Andaman Islands, Photograph, British Museum, LL/89802
Reverend William George Lawes, 1881-1889, Five girls with tattoo markings on body, wearing plant fibre skirts, necklaces, earings, bracelets, armlets; three bags hanging; white screen as (studio) background; Papua New Guinea., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89876
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Portrait of a man posing in front of a painted backdrop; he wears necklaces and a long cloth or hide loin covering and wrist and ankle bands; he holds wood spears in one hand; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89704
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Hand holding a pig's tusk, demonstrating how to hold it when smoothing the wood of a bow. Andaman Islands, Photograph, British Museum, LL/89798
Bennett Greig, 1938, Huanuco Pampa, an Inca administrative centre located on the flat, high plain above the Urqumayu River about 12km from the modern town of La Union and 150km from Huanuco., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89827
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Studio portrait of Ne-kah-ke-poh-nah, an Osage man, sitting; wearing a blanket wrapped around his legs and waist, a chain with a pendant in the shape of a rounded shield, a bonnet and is holding bow and arrows., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89721
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Portrait of a Zulu woman posing in in front of a neutral backdrop, kneeling on top of woven mats on the floor; she wears picks in her hair, a headband, necklaces, armbands, a belt and a loin covering; Southern Africa., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89752
Unidentified photographer, 1900-1932, Frontal portrait of adult male standing beside tall wooden Bongo [?] male figure. Carved male figure with arms and facial features. Adult male wearing head-gear, jacket, tunic, trousers. Indoors, American building. [Sudan], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89848
Brenda Zara Seligman, 1909-1922 (?), Close-up of painting on exterior wall, Shilluk shrine of Nyakang, Sudan. Wall-paintings depicting what appear to be animals and people., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89849
John William Lindt, 1893, Portrait of a Goinchilla(?); man, named Madillah, showing his body scarification on his chest and wearing an arm ornament on each arm; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89929
John William Lindt, 1893, Portrait of a Wakaja man, name Narimboo with his hand on his chest, covering his body scarification; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89926
Reverend William George Lawes, 1881-1889, Three girls with tattoo markings on body and face, wearing plant fibre skirts, necklaces, earings; three bags hanging; white screen as (studio) background; Papua New Guinea., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89875
George Rose, 1907, 12,301. A Characteristic View of Natives on the edge of the Tylo River, Sua Bongi, Malaita, Solomon Islands., [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113307
John William Lindt, 1893, Portrait of a Dungulla(?); man, named Nerdthoo, from the Mitchell River, north Queensland, with his head turned to his right, wearing a beaded necklace with shell ornament, and showing scarification on his chest and arms; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89932
Unidentified photographer, 1905 (?), Volta river at Kpong [Ghana], Gelatin silver print?, British Museum, LL/89857
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89867
John Watt Beattie, 1906, A man shooting fish, Solomon Islands., Lantern slide, British Museum, LL/89806
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Portrait of a Ndebele man posing in front of a neutral backdrop; he wears a pick in his hair, a headband, choker and belt; Southern Africa, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89770
Unidentified photographer, 1903-1904, Two different people's hands leaning on a wooden post; children partially visible in the background; Papua New Guinea., [Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89874
Joel E. Whitney, 1860s (?), Little Crow, A Sioux Chief, and Leader of the Indian Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89715
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), View of American mission station, Gabon. group of single-storey European buildings amongst hedges, trees and lawn., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89850
George Rose, 1907, 12,249. A Group of Native Women and Children, Savo, Solomon Islands. How they carry babies in these parts, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113325
John William Lindt, 1876, A portrait of a man sitting on rocks in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89921
Tokim, 1936-1952, The Chevron Pattern on Temple Wall, Zimbabwe, Postcard, British Museum, LL/89832
John H. Fitzgibbon, 1851-1852 (taken) 1869 (copy), Photograph (black and white) from an album, of a daguerreotype; studio portrait of Red Plume (Wi-ya-ka-sha), a Blackfoot Chief, [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 40], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89731
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89864
Whitney & Zimmerman, 1865 (ca), Wa-kan-o-zhan-zhan. (Medicine Bottle). Executed at Fort Snelling, Nov. 11, 1865, for participation in the Massacre of 1862., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89685
Unidentified photographer, 19th century (late), Three Winnebago people peering into a wigwam (domed single-room dwelling), Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101041
C. Dammann, 1874 (ca), A Kanak man's severed (?) [New Caledonia], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89687
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult male standing in front of a painted studio backdrop, holding a stick. Unclothed. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89765
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), View of single-storey thatched-roof building, possibly a liquor factory. Row of barrels in front, adult male European sitting on end barrel, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89852
Roger Fenton, 1858, Marble bust of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal - by Mrs. Thornycroft - from a photograph by Fenton, Wood engraving, British Museum, LL/89833
John William Lindt, 1885, 17. Village of Koitapu, Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89909
Thomas Bevan, 1860s, An Aboriginal Australian man and woman posing in front of a studio backdrop; the man wears trousers, the woman wears a head band, neckband, and a wrap around her waist., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89688
H.N. Sweet, 1889 (taken) 1902 (published), Alfred Percival Maudslay at Chichen Itza ["Chichén Itzá. My Room, 1889."], Photograph, British Museum, LL/109425
John William Lindt, 1885, 35. Koiari Chiefs at Sadera Makera [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89897
Ellis Silas, 20thC, View of a sailing boat at sea, photographed from on board a ship; Papua New Guinea(?), Cellulose nitrate negative, British Museum, LL/89863
Bennett Greig, 1938, Pachacamac in the Lurin Valley to the south of Lima on the southern central coast of Peru., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89826
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Full length frontal portrait of an unclothed adult male standing in front of a plain backdrop. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89775
John William Lindt, 1893, A side profile view of a Wakaja man, named Coontajandra, showing body scarfication on his back; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89924
John William Lindt, 1885, 96. Cloudy Mountains, from Bertha Lagoon, S. Cape [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89894
Charles Partridge, 1903, 24 December, A chief's canoe with many people; off Bonny, Southern Nigeria, Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89858
Unidentified photographer, ? (taken) 1869 (copy), Photograph (black and white) from an album; studio portrait of a man sitting down beside a table covered in a floral cloth, and furs on the ground, [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 15], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89736
John William Lindt, 1885, 40. Sir Peter Scratchley's Camp, Aroa River, Redscar Bay [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89890
John William Lindt, 1885, 86. Village Scene, Moapa, Aroma District [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89898
Unidentified manufacturer (Central African Republic), 1997 (?), Printed cotton textile in blue and green checks with brown and yellow and a portrait inscribed "Mme Mireille Kolingba Presidente d'Honneur de l'U.D.F.C." (L'Union Démocratique des Femmes Centrafricaines ), Printed textile, British Museum, LL/89835
Antonio Shindler, 1868, Photograph (black and white) from an album; studio portrait of Moses Keokuk, [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 21], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89737
Unidentified photographer, 1880-1905 (ca), 1199. Afrique Occidentale - Senegal - Femmes du Cayor - Collection Général Fortier, Dakar, Postcard, British Museum, LL/89742
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Portrait of a woman posing in front of a painted backdrop; she wears beaded necklaces and a patterned cloth wrap around her waist; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89709
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Portrait of men and boys posing in front of a painted backdrop while seated on the floor; some wear ankle bands; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89703
Thomas Bevan, 1860s, Australian Woman and Child. Queensland, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89718
John William Lindt, 1876, Three indigenous Australian people, two men and a woman, posing in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89918
John William Lindt, 1885, 71. Native House at Kamali [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89885
J.E. Mayall, 1847-1890 (ca), Music-cover sheet for 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer!', with portrait of composer Henry Russell, three-quarter length standing by organ, looking to right, in arch, ships on the sea in the background; after Mayall;, Sheet music, British Museum, LL/89732
John William Lindt, 1885, 23. Starting for a Trip Inland, Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89891
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, The tattooed leg of a man of the South Andaman group of tribes., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89789
F. York, 1875, [British Museum gallery with natural history specimens], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/92753
John William Lindt, 1885, 99. Near Mission Station, Suau, Stacey Island [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89901
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Portrait of a woman posing in front of a painted backdrop; she wears beaded necklaces and a cloth wrap around her waist; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89701
Whitney & Zimmerman, n.d., Mah-jie-way-we-dung. (Rattling Runner.), Chippewa Chief., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89696
Eadweard Muybridge, 1868-1877 (Fort Wrangle in use), Fort Wrangle, from Rock Cod, [Alaska], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/101044
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult male standing in front of a plain backdrop, holding a stick. Unclothed except for what may be a penis-sheath. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89760
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), Portrait of small group of adult males standing on river beach, holding canoes under arms and over shoulders. Wearing cloths around lower bodies, holding paddles. [Gabon], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/52502
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Female Andamanese - Ilech, girl of the Ta-Yeri tribe; age about six years, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49890
John William Lindt, 1876, A portrait of a man standing in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89922
Thomas Easterly, 1840s-1850s (taken) 1868 (copy), Photograph (black and white) from an album, of a daguerreotype; studio portrait of No Heart (Nacheninga)[?], an Iowa Chief, [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 26], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89735
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult female standing in front of a plain backdrop, unclothed. Small dog next to her. Khoikhoi (?), South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89778
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Chippewa Indian Deer Hunt, on Snow Shoes., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101006
John William Lindt, 1885, 51. Village of Hanuabada, Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89906
Mrs. I.M. Turnbull, 1902, Portrait of adult Somali male in profile, wearing cloth, hair-ornament, holding spear., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89841
Mrs. I.M. Turnbull, 1902, Portrait of two adult Somali males, wearing cloths, hair-ornaments, holding spears. Male standing at left has dagger strapped to arm. Male sitting at right is holding circular shield on arm. Painted backdrop., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89842
George Rose, 1907, 12,323. A Village in the Mountains, Gandalcanar, Solomon Islands. The natives were too shy to face the camera, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113322
Unidentified photographer, 19thC (late), Three axes, all with stone blades, wood hafts and rattan binding; from Papua New Guinea., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89862
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s, Dakota Child Musician, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101003
Unidentified photographer, 1890s (ca), A man posing in front of a neutral backdrop; he wears a headband made from shells, a nose ornament, necklaces including a shell pendant; South Australia., Lantern slide, British Museum, LL/89782
J.A. Green, 1895-1905, Crowds of people gathered together in groups. Wearing cloths, head-gear, shirts, jacket. Large canoes with roofs pulled up on river bank in background., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89746
Unidentified photographer, 1897, Group of six European men sitting, surrounded by Benin objects, several other men are sitting in a building at the back; the six men are wearing western-style clothes and helmets., [Benin Expedition], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89743
John William Lindt, 1893, Two indigenous Australian people, a man (Coontajandra); and a woman (Langingubble); posing in front of a studio backdrop; both have body scarification; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89915
Bennett Greig, 1938, Pukaria in the vicinity of (below) Tambo Machay, showing detail of terraced stonework fitted between bedrock., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89825
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult male seated on an animal hide in front of a painted studio backdrop. Unclothed. Xhosa (?). South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89766
Alfred Percival Maudslay, 1890, House G, stone lentil with two human figures. Quiriguá, Guatemala., Lantern slide, British Museum, LL/89797
Unidentified photographer, 1870, Portrait of a man, a member of the French Tirailleur (Infantry), in three-quarter profile in front of a neutral backdrop; he wears a cloth shirt under an embroidered military jacket., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89712
Joel E. Whitney, 1862, Cut Nose, Who in the Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota, murdered 18 Women and Childre and 5 Men., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89714
Thomas Bevan, 1860s, Australian Woman. Queensland, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89689
George Rose, 1907, 12,282. The Chief's House, Aouki, Malaita, Solomon Islands. The Chief himself, dressed in light clothes, is also in the view, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113319
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Full length portrait the back view of an adult female standing in front of a plain backdrop. Unclothed except for bead neck-ornament, cloth head-gear. Base of photographer's head-clamp visible behind her feet. Khoikhoi (?), South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89780
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), View of single-storey thatched-roof building, possibly a liquor factory. Surrounded by fence, rural setting. West Africa., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89851
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Studio portrait of Nom-pa-wa-la, an Osage man, sitting on a chair, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89724
Unidentified photographer, 20th century, View of three thatched roof mosquito houses on high stilts, on the beach; sea visible in the background; Rotuma, Fiji., Stereoview, British Museum, LL/101045
Unidentified photographer, 1890, Alfred Percival Maudslay on a mule in Quiriguá, Guatemala, Photograph, British Museum, LL/109426
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Pair of hands opening a Cyrena shell, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49894
John William Lindt, 1885, 70. Scene at Kamali Village, inland from Hula [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89886
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Full length profile portrait of an unclothed adult male standing in front of a plain backdrop. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89776
Mathew B. Brady, 1859-1904, Portrait of Daniel Webster, bust, looking at the viewer, wearing dark suit and neckerchief; in oval; after a daguerreotype by Brady; illustration to an unidentified publication., Wood engraving, British Museum, LL/89727
DW, 1878, 8 February (?), Gabon or Cameroon, study of group of objects arranged on stand with scale markings. Objects include knives or daggers, calabash [carved from wood?], phallic pot., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89834
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Domestic Life among the Chippewa Indians., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101013
Unidentified photographer, 19th century (late), Portrait of Wak-ka-mas, a Winnebago chief, in front of a tipi, speaking to a group of men, women, and children seated on the ground, and two men sitting in a tree in the background, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101015
John Watt Beattie, early 20th century, Group of men, women, and children standing in a lagoon and on three outrigger canoes; Fiji, Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/94560
George Rose, 1907, 12,245. A Trader's Home, on a small islet in the Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands. Built for a tropical climate, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113316
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), "An agent starting per [?] Hammock to another factory, by the Beach. W. Africa" [Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Bioko, Santa Isabel], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/52505
Southwell Brothers, 1868, Portrait of Prince Alamayu, son and heir of Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia, wearing American clothing, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89684
Unidentified photographer, 1903-1904, The bottom half of a man in front of a backdrop; his right knee is swollen from an illness [Papua New Guinea], [Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89871
A.A. Whitehouse, 1904-1905, South Nigeria, study of group of Obolo religious/ritual objects from a shrine shrine., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89793
Geraldine Moodie, 1903-1905, Studio portrait of an Inuit girl, Ungunga; she wears a fur parka, fur mittens, hide leg coverings and boots; Fullerton Harbour, Hudson Bay., [Geraldine Moodie album], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89814
John William Lindt, 1893, Portrait of a Goinchilla(?); man, named Madillah, with his arms crossed, showing his body scarification on his chest and wearing an arm ornament on each arm; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89931
George Rose, 1907, 12,314. A War Canoe, fully manned, Gizo Harbour, Solomon Islands. The beautifully ornamented prow is particularly striking, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113313
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Studio portrait of Ga-hi-ge-wa-da-in-ga, (Playful chief), an Osage man, sitting., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89723
Unidentified photographer, 19th century (late), Portrait of three Omaha(?) men outdoors in front of a campsite, tipi's in the background, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101040
George Rose, 1907, 12,291. Cannibals of Solomon Islands. A few real out-and-out specimens, with whom one would not trust oneself alone, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113308
John William Lindt, 1885, 24. Native House at Vanuabada, Kabade District [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89905
Unidentified photographer, 1888 (ca, taken), Mosque in Kumasi [Ghana], Print, British Museum, LL/89856
Josiah Martin, 1900 (ca), Photo montage of twelve images of various landscapes, including mountains, hot lakes, and other vistas; Whakarewarewa, New Zealand., Cabinet card, British Museum, LL/89803
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Domestic Scene Among the Chippewa Indians., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101010
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1873 (ca), Domestic Scene Among the Chippewa Indias., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101038
Unidentified photographer, 1934, 1 August (or earlier), Study of Yoruba carved wooden chair., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89739
Charles Kerry, 19thC (late), Fifteen studio portraits of Indigenous Australian men some have scarification on their chests, some have body paint on their chests, one is wearing a headdress, some are holding a throwing sticks; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89809
George Rose, 1907, 12,295. Native Canoes in attendance on a trading cutter, which is engaged in Recruiting Native Labour, Solomon Islands, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113314
Unidentified photographer, 1870, Portrait of a man, a member of the French Tirailleur (Infantry), in three quarter profile in front of a neutral backdrop; he has a moustache and beard and wears a cloth shirt under an embroidered military jacket., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89713
Unidentified photographer, 1890s (ca), Portrait of a man with his mouth open; he has a moustache and beard; South Australia., Lantern slide, British Museum, LL/89751
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult male standing in front of a painted studio backdrop, holding a stick. Unclothed. Stand of a photographer's head-clamp visible behind feet. Xhosa (?), South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89781
Unidentified photographer, 1880-1905 (ca), 1230. Afrique Occidentale - Senegal - Traitant du Cayor - Collection Générale Fortier Dakar, Postcard, British Museum, LL/89740
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Scene at an Indian Payment., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101012
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Pair of hands demonstrating how to hold an arrow in a bow before shooting. Andaman Islands, Photograph, British Museum, LL/89799
John William Lindt, 1876, A portrait of a man and a woman in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89920
Charles Kerry, 19thC (late), Fifteen photographs of Australian Aborigines, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89812
Unidentified photographer (British Museum?), 20thC (early), A relief plaque made of brass from Benin, depicting a European figure holding a crossbow and three crossbow bolts., Lantern slide, British Museum, LL/89745
Joel E. Whitney, 1864, 24 February, Little Crow's Son, Wo-Wi-Na-Pe, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89682
Unidentified photographer, 1903-1904, Portrait of a girl, wearing a cloth wrap skirt, [Papua New Guinea], [Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89873
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Male Andamanese - Balia - Man of the Puchik-War tribe. Éremtága. Age about 27 years, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49889
John William Lindt, 1893, Portrait of an Cungella man, named Ookathunda, showing body scarification on his back; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89928
Unidentified photographer, 20thC (early), Scarification on upper back and shoulder of an adult. Wearing a cloth, neck-ornaments.Sudan (south), Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89785
John William Lindt, 1885, 87. Koapena's House, Main Street, Moapa [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89899
H. Bennett, 1897, July?, Gabon [?], small group of Fang adult males and child. Sitting on benches inside "palaver house". Wearing shirts, shorts [?]., Gelatin silver print, retouched, British Museum, LL/89854
Unidentified photographer, 1935, 9 July, Aerial photograph of settlement of Hamud, Somalia, and surrounding scrubland., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89843
Unidentified photographer, n.d., [Early Byzantine spoons, ca. 650, found near Acheripoetos Monastery, Nicosia, Cyprus], Colour photograph, British Museum, LL/89829
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Head and shoulder profile portrait of an adult male, unclothed. Tape-measure or rule [?] suspended behind head. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89759
B.F. Childs, 19th century (late), Home of Old Nokomis [Chippewa], Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101042
Whitney & Zimmerman, n.d., Mah-nee-do-ke-shick. (Spirit of the Skies.), Chief Cass Lake Chippewas.Very brave, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89695
George Rose, 1907, 12,230. Tambo Houses, Ramada, Solomon Islands. The resting place of the skulls of two great chiefs of the island, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113312
John William Lindt, 1885, 22. Port Moresby Natives watching the Lakatoi Race [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89892
John William Lindt, 1885, 45. Group of Children, Elevala, Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89912
Geraldine Moodie, 1903-1905, Studio portrait of an Inuit woman, Ooktook, wearing a beaded parka, brass headband and several rings on her fingers; Fullerton Harbour, Hudson Bay., [Geraldine Moodie album], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89820
F. York, 1875, [British Museum gallery with natural history specimens], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/92755
R.A. Brotherton [?] or poss. C. B. Brubaker, 1850s-1860s, Mrs "Lo" and Little "Negee.", [Gems of Lake Superior Scenery], Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101004
Joel E. Whitney, 1862 (Entered according to Act of Congress), Little Crow, A Sioux Chief, and Leader of the Indian Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89686
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Studio portrait of Josyhoes, Chief of Big Hill Band of Osages, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89719
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Studio portrait of Young Black Dog, an Osage man, sitting; wearing porcupine-quill decorated shirt with fringes, a blanket wrapped around his legs and waist, a feather in his hair, neck-ornament and is holding a tomahawk., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89722
Unidentified photographer, 1870S, Portrait of a three women posing, sitting in front of a painted backdrop; they wear cloth dresses that hang over one shoulder; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89710
John William Lindt, 1893, Portrait of a Wakaja man, name Coontajandra with his face turned to his left, but showing the body scarification on his chest; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89925
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Andamanese man, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49887
George Rose, 1907, 12,240. A Native Village, New Georgia, Solomon Islands. The height of the nearest hut is less than four feet, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113320
Isaac Briot (print maker), 17th century, Georges Cardinal d'Amboise Grand Ministre d'Estat et Legat en France, Engraving, British Museum, LL/127053
Mrs. I.M. Turnbull, 1902, Portrait of two adult Somali males. Elderly male at left wearing cloths, turban, bead necklace. Head-rest [?] hanging from string around waist. Male at right wearing cloths, holding spear., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89845
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Head and shoulder profile portrait of an unclothed adult male in front of a plain backdrop. Tape-measure or rule to suspended next to male. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89756
George Rose, 1907, 12,274. Native Women at the Mission Station, belonging to the Shepi Village, Bukato, Isabel, Solomon Islands, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113324
John William Lindt, 1885, Group at Kaio, with Feasting Stages. [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89881
Jabez Hughes, 1868, Portrait of Ethiopian male child, Prince Alamayu, wearing American clothing and hat. Band saying "URGENT" around hat, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89683
John William Lindt, 1885, 30. The Haunt of the Alligator, Laloki River [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89884
Geraldine Moodie, 1903-1905, Studio portrait of an Inuit woman, Kee-wy-you, with her hair in two braides and wound with decorated cloth, wearing a beaded and decorated parka; Fullerton Harbour, Hudson Bay., [Geraldine Moodie album], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89818
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Andamanese parting. Two adult male demonstrating the shaking of hands when parting. They are both wearing neck and waist-ornament; the man on the right is also wearing arm and wrist-ornament., Photograph, British Museum, LL/49895
Charles Partridge, 1903, 21 December, Native passengers with personal luggage on board R.M.S. Biafra; off Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast, Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89860
Whitney & Zimmerman, n.d., Chippewa Brave, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89698
Unidentified photographer, 1935, 9 July, Aerial photograph of settlement of Hamud, Somalia, and surrounding scrubland., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89844
Thomas Easterly, 1847 (taken) 1868 (copy), Photograph (black and white) from an album of a framed daguerroeotype; studio portrait of Moses Keokuk (23 years old), [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 21], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89729
George Rose, 1907, 12,256. Bena, A Native Fortified Island on the Langa Langa Lagoon, on the western side of Malaita, Solomon Islands., [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113310
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Display of four pig arrows. Andaman Islands, Photograph, British Museum, LL/89801
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult male standing in front of a plain backdrop, wearing shorts [?] and shoes. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89763
Thomas J. Washbourne, 1869 (ca), Portrait of an Aboriginal Australian leader, "King Tatambo", sitting in front of a neutral backdrop; he wears a 'king plate' (engraved gorget), fur cloak, cloth wrap around his waist, and holds a tree limb; Australia., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/107796
George Rose, 1907, 12,315. A Quantity of Split Cocoanuts, Penduffryn, Solomon Islands. They are being sun-dried in order to make copra, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113318
Charles Kerry, 19thC (late), Fifteen studio portraits of Indigenous Australian men some have scarification on their chests, some have body paint on their chests, one is wearing a headdress, some are holding a throwing sticks; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89807
Joel E. Whitney, 1862, Wah Bo Jeeg (White Fisher), Chief Gull Lake Band Chippewas. An old Warrior, once taken prisoner by the Sioux, and speaks the language., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89716
Charles Partridge, 1903, 20 December, Surf-boat moored to R.M.S. Biafra; off Sekondi on the Gold Coast., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89859
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Portrait of a woman posing in front of a painted backdrop; she wears beaded necklaces and a long patterned cloth wrap around her waist; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89705
Unidentified photographer, 1890 (ca), Studio portrait of W.D. Webster, with two carved elephant tusks either side of him, holding two shorter tusks, Photograph, British Museum, LL/89744
John H. Fitzgibbon, 1851-1852 (taken) 1869 (copy), Photograph (black and white) from an album, of a daguerreotype; studio portrait of One Horned Elk (He-kha-ka He-wan Zhi), an Oglala Dakota chief, [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 35], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89734
Joel E. Whitney, n.d., Mah-nee-do-ke-shick (Noon Day), A Chippewa Chief, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89697
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Typical heads of the Andamanese - "Balia", man of the "Aka Bojigiab" tribe, Middle Andaman; age about twenty-five years, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49893
George Rose, 1907, 12,255. Some of the Cannibals of Malaita, Solomon Islands. Notice the ornaments that grace their hair, ears, and noses, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113311
1900, Siege currency, Mahikeng, South Africa, Cyanotype, British Museum, LL/89791
J.E. Mayall, 1847-1890 (ca), Music-cover sheet for 'To the West, To the West!', with portrait of composer Henry Russell, three-quarter length standing by organ, head turned and looking to left, in arch, ships on the sea in the background; after Mayall, Sheet music, British Museum, LL/89733
John William Lindt, 1893, Portrait of a chief Geedah from Muralug, sitting on the right wearing a piece of cloth tied around his neck; Geedah's wife sitting on the left wearing a shirt; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89917
John William Lindt, 1885, 76. Kerepunu Women at the Market Place of Kalo [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89913
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Head and torso profile portrait of an unclothed adult male, seated on a chair in front of a plain backdrop. Measuring-rod balanced in head-clamp in front of male. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89757
John William Lindt, 1885, 16. Village Scene, Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89910
Hamilton & Kodylek , 19th century (late), Studio portrait of a Winnebago woman sitting on a chair, holding a baby in a wooden baby-carrier wrapped in cloth and with charm ornaments on the baby-carrier around its neck, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101008
Ffrench (daguerreotypist), 1850 (ca), Music-cover with illustrated title page with a portrait of Mrs Amelia Bloomer, whole-length facing the viewer, wearing baggy trousers and with an umbrella over her shoulder, for the polka written by J J Blockley and dedicated to Mrs Colonel Bloomer, Sheet music, British Museum, LL/99326
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Full length frontal portrait of an unclothed adult male standing in front of a plain backdrop. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89773
1900, Siege currency, Mahikeng, South Africa, Cyanotype, British Museum, LL/89792
John William Lindt, 1885, 83. Mission House at Parimata, Aroma [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89895
Ellis Silas, 20thC, View of a village with thatched roof round buildings; South Africa, Cellulose nitrate negative, British Museum, LL/89750
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of a young adult female seated in front of a plain backdrop, wearing a waist-cloth, bead neck-ornament, arm-ornament, wrist-ornament. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89761
Unidentified photographer, 19th century (late), Portrait of a baby in a wooden baby-carrier or baby board wrapped in cloth, in front of a dwelling covered in fur, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101009
John William Lindt, 1893, Portrait of a chief Geedah from Muralug, sitting on the right wearing a piece of cloth tied around his neck; Geedah's foster son, named Cowra(?); sitting on the left wearing a cloth wrap; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89916
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Domestic Life among the Chippewa Indians., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101016
   

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