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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
John William Lindt, 1885, 50. Pottery Makers, Hanuabada [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89908
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
Whitney & Zimmerman, 19th century (mid), Scene at Indian Payment, - Odanah, Wis., [Lake Superior Scenery], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/101046
Mario Testino, 2010, Framed photographic print showing a group of three men and three women looking into the middle distance wearing predominantly red and black traditional costumes from the Wallatas dance. Quechua [Peru], C-type print, British Museum, LL/89786
Unidentified photographer, 1903-1904, A view of the back of a person in a linen jacket, with two people each placing a hand on the back of the person in the jacket; Papua New Guinea., [Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89869
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
Unidentified photographer, 19th century (late), Three Winnebago people peering into a wigwam (domed single-room dwelling), Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101041
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, The tattooed leg of a man of the South Andaman group of tribes., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89789
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
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
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
B.F. Childs, 19th century (late), Home of Old Nokomis [Chippewa], Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101042
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
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
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth; wooden adzes in the background., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89868
Thomas Easterly, 1847 (taken) 1868 (copy), Photograph (black and white) from an album, of a daguerreotype; studio portrait of Longhorn, a Sauk and Fox Chief, [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 21], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89730
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
John William Lindt, 1885, 38. Feasting Stage at Ukaukana, Kabade District [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89907
Unidentified photographer, 1905 (?), Volta river at Kpong [Ghana], Gelatin silver print?, British Museum, LL/89857
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, belt and loin covering; he holds a staff in one hand and another object (perhaps another hair pick) in the other hand; Southern Africa., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89771
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
F. York, 1875, [British Museum gallery with natural history specimens], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/92753
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
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
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89865
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
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
Josiah Martin, 1889 (or later), [Studio Promotion for Josiah Martin], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/124336
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
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
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89867
Josiah Martin, 19th century (late), [Three Maori objects; a wooden and paua shell kumete (food presentation bowl)], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/124338
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
Unidentified photographer, 1850-1900 (ca), Sierra Leone, full-length portrait of small group of adult females and children. Wearing ceremonial [?] costumes including net garment with sleeves, patterned cloths, large tassels hanging from arms, body-paint on faces, head-gear., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89749
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Close view of a tattooed chest of a man of the South Andaman group of tribes., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89790
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
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
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
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Portrait of a man posing in front of a neutral backdrop; he wears a headband, bracelets, cloth wrap and belt; Southern Africa., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89754
Thomas Easterly, 1847 (taken) 1868 (copy), Photograph (black and white) of a daguerroeotype; studio portrait of Keokuk, [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 21], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89728
Thomas Bevan, 1860s, Aboriginal Australian men posing in front of a neutral backdrop; two of the men are engaged in a mock fight while the others look on; one has an axe, the other a stick., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89717
George Rose, 1907, 12,202. Some Tourists on the Beach at Bagga, Solomon Islands. A tropical view, beautiful even for the islands, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113317
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Male Andamanese - Balia - Man of the Puchik-War tribe. Éremtága. Age about 27 years, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49888
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
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Portrait of a woman posing in front of a painted backdrop; she wears beaded necklaces, a cloth top and skirt; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89707
Unidentified photographer, 1880-1905 (ca), 1230. Afrique Occidentale - Senegal - Traitant du Cayor - Collection Générale Fortier Dakar, Postcard, British Museum, LL/89740
Alfred Percival Maudslay, 1890, House G, stone lentil with two human figures. Quiriguá, Guatemala., Lantern slide, British Museum, LL/89797
Unidentified photographer, 19thC (late), Studio portrait of Capt. T. Speedy sitting on floor in front of a painted backdrop. Wearing gown [?], jacket [?], fur cloak [?], head-gear, arm-guard. Holding a sword in a sheath. Sitting next to a shield and a spear., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89847
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
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
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
George Rose, 1907, 12,287. Three Malaita Women at Aouki, Langa Langa Lagoon, Solomon Islands, with ornaments in their ears and noses, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113315
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
John William Lindt, 1885, 20. Poling a Lakatoi to Windward, Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89883
Hamilton & Kodylek , 19th century (late), Studio portrait of a Sioux woman standing in profile, carrying a baby on her back, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101043
Thomas Bevan, 1860s, Australian Woman and Child. Queensland, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89718
Charles A. Zimmerman, 19th century (late), interior view of a wigwam (domed single-room dwelling), with a smoke hole opening in the roof; three Winnebago men and one Winnebago woman sitting on the floor, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101007
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
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, detail, British Museum, LL/89836
Unidentified photographer, 1903-1904, Portrait of a boy, wearing a cloth wrap, standing on a wooden box [Papua New Guinea], [Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89872
Gunn & Stuart, 1897, Music-cover sheet for "Victoria Waltz", portrait of Queen Victoria, Music-cover sheet, photomechanical print, chromolithograph, British Museum, LL/86269
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, 19thC (late), Three axes, all with stone blades, wood hafts and rattan binding; from Papua New Guinea., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89862
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
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
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
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult female standing in front of a plain backdrop, with curtain drapery to left of image. Unclothed. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89762
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), Native of C. Coast [?] wife & daughter [Gabon], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/52500
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
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, 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
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
Rev. Edgar W.T. Greenshield (1877-1913), 1893, Five whale harpoons hanging in front of a sheet by rope., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89795
Isaac Briot (print maker), 17th century, Georges Cardinal d'Amboise Grand Ministre d'Estat et Legat en France, Engraving, British Museum, LL/127053
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Full length frontal portrait 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/89779
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, 1885, 97 Naria, Bertha Lagoon, S. Cape [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89893
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1873 (ca), Domestic Scene Among the Chippewa Indias., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101038
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
John William Lindt, 1876, A portrait of a man standing in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89922
John William Lindt, 1876, Two indigenous Australian people, a man and a woman, posing in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89919
Alfred Percival Maudslay, 1894, Stela D, south face; trees in the background. Great Plaza, Quiriguá, Guatemala., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89783
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
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
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
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
Geraldine Moodie, 1903-1905, Studio portrait of three Inuit women, Tu-uck-lucklock, Neveshenuck and Towtook; wearing beaded parkas. A hunting scene is depicted at the back of Neveshenuck's costume; Fullerton Harbour, Hudson Bay., [Geraldine Moodie album], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89815
John William Lindt, 1893, Portrait of an Cungella man, named Ookathunda, showing body scarification on his back; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89928
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
Unidentified photographer, 1880-1905 (ca), 1199. Afrique Occidentale - Senegal - Femmes du Cayor - Collection Général Fortier, Dakar, Postcard, British Museum, LL/89742
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
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
Edgar Degas, 1879-1880, Les blanchisseuses (The laundresses), Etching and aquatint, British Museum, LL/99320
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
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, 20thC, A collection of supposedly Inca (according to handwritten annotation on reverse) silver figurines depicting males and females, including one on a llama; and three mirrors or large cloak pins (tupus)., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89828
John William Lindt, 1885, 37. Village Scene, Kabade District, Redscar Bay [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89889
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
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
John William Lindt, 1885, 32. Koiari Chiefs, Village of Sadera Makera [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89887
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
Thomas Bevan, 1860s, Australian Woman. Queensland, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89689
Unidentified photographer, 19thC (late), Portrait of Capt.T. Speedy wearing a fur cloak [?], head-gear, cloak, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89846
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Female Andamanese - Ilech, girl of the Ta-Yeri tribe; age about six years, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49890
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
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
Unidentified photographer, 1935, 9 July, Aerial photograph of settlement of Hamud, Somalia, and surrounding scrubland., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89843
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Male Andamanese - Balia - Man of the Puchik-War tribe. Éremtága. Age about 27 years, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49889
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
Alfred Percival Maudslay, 1894, Stela D, south face; trees in the background. Great Plaza, Quiriguá, Guatemala., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89784
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/89711
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
Thomas J. Washbourne, 1870 (ca), A Molka family; an Aboriginal Australian man (Tommy), woman (Biddy) and two children…, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/107794
W.G. Chamberlain, 1874 (ca), View of a flat grassy landscape, with several tipi's on the landscape, in a circular Ute encampment; Middle Park, Colorado, United States of America., [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 8], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89794
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
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, 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
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
Whitney & Zimmerman, n.d., Chippewa Brave, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89698
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
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
Geraldine Moodie, 1903-1905, Studio portrait of an Inuit woman, Ung-ung-a; she wears a fur parka; Fullerton Harbour, Hudson Bay., [Geraldine Moodie album], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89821
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
Roger Fenton, n.d., Assyrian Tablets in the British Museum (Kuyunjik Collection of cuneiform tablets), Albumen prints, on card, British Museum, LL/66760
John William Lindt, 1893, Side profile view of a Cungella man, named Umbertha with his arms crossed over his chest, showing body scarification on his chest and arm; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89927
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
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
George Rose, 1907, 12,309. The Picturesque Entrance to some very interesting Lime - Stone Caves on Hameri Island (Rovana), Solomon Islands, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113323
H.N. Sweet, 1889 (taken) 1902 (published), Alfred Percival Maudslay at Chichen Itza ["Chichén Itzá. My Room, 1889."], Photograph, British Museum, LL/109425
1900, Siege currency, Mahikeng, South Africa, Cyanotype, British Museum, LL/89791
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
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
Unidentified photographer, 1980s (late), Roger Fenton's studio on the roof of the British Museum, Photograph, British Museum, LL/92769
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Adult male working inside of a building, he is using an adze to shape a new bow, there are two other adze on the floor. Andaman Islands, Photograph, British Museum, LL/89800
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
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
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
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Display of four pig arrows. Andaman Islands, Photograph, British Museum, LL/89801
Thomas J. Washbourne, 1870 (ca), Portrait of a man sitting in front of a studio backdrop, including foliage; he has a moustache and beard and wears a fur cloak wrapped around him; Australia., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89692
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
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s, Dakota Child Musician, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101003
E. Hattorf (Hamburg), 1885, Studio portrait of a Nuxalk man, Tom Henry; he wears a fur hat, face paint, and a chilkat blanket with fur trim; Hamburg, Germany. (Bella Coola Indianer), Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89813
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Domestic Scene Among the Chippewa Indians., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101010
Ellis Silas, 20thC, View of a village with thatched roof round buildings; South Africa, Cellulose nitrate negative, British Museum, LL/89750
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean men's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89866
William Henry Jackson, 19th century (late), Studio portrait of a Winnebago woman sitting on a stone in front of a painted backdrop, with a child standing beside her, and a dog lying by her feet, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101039
Unidentified photographer, 1890, Alfred Percival Maudslay on a mule in Quiriguá, Guatemala, Photograph, British Museum, LL/109426
Charles Partridge, 1903, 24 December, A chief's canoe with many people; off Bonny, Southern Nigeria, Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89858
H. Bennett, 1897, July?, Gabon [?], small group of Fang adult females sitting inside thatched-roof shelter. "Making mats and fish traps"., Gelatin silver print, retouched, British Museum, LL/89853
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
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), Portrait of an adult male crouching in front of a painted studio backdrop, unclothed. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89768
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, 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
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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
Reverend William George Lawes, 1881-1889, A Koitapu Chief and another man posing in front of a neutral backdrop; they both wear feather headdresses and ear ornaments; one holds a war club, the other holds a bamboo cylinder with geometric incised design; Koitapu, Papua New Guinea, Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89877
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
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Pair of hands opening a Cyrena shell, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49894
John William Lindt, 1885, 15. Well of Kokiuna, Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89903
John William Lindt, 1885, 46. Women Making Pottery, Hanuabada [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89911
Bennett Greig, 1938, Machu Picchu showing part of the "King's" group in the southwestern sector of the site, with a corner of the Torreon shown in the left foreground and agricultural terraces in the background., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89823
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Domestic Life among the Chippewa Indians., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101016
F. York, 1875, [British Museum gallery with natural history specimens], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/92755
Unidentified photographer, n.d., [Early Byzantine spoons, ca. 650, found near Acheripoetos Monastery, Nicosia, Cyprus], Colour photograph, British Museum, LL/89829
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
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
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 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/89774
Geraldine Moodie, 1903-1905, Studio portrait; Koo-tuck-tuck, deaf and dumb Inuit woman standing, holding the background drop with her right hand; wearing her attigi or beaded parka and foot-wear; Fullerton Harbour, Hudson Bay., [Geraldine Moodie album], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89816
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, 1850-1900 (?), Study of display of large collection of West African [?] objects. Includes spears, axes, knives or daggers, comb, textile, personal-ornaments, small figures. [Gabon], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89855
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of four unclothed children seated and standing in front of a plain backdrop. Two holding some sort of cutlery in a metal cooking-vessel. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89767
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
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
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, 1934, 1 August (or earlier), Study of Yoruba carved wooden chair., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89739
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
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
John William Lindt, 1885, 44. Village Scene, Hanuabada [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89900
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
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
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
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Female Andamanese - Ilech, girl of the Ta-Yeri tribe; age about six years, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49891
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
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
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
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
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
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
George Rose, 1907, 12,254. Some natives of Dalla, Malaita, Solomon Islands. A study in ornaments for native noses and ears, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113309
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
Eadweard Muybridge, 1868-1877 (Fort Wrangle in use), Fort Wrangle, from Rock Cod, [Alaska], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/101044
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Head and torso frontal portrait of an unclothed adult male in front of a plain backdrop. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89755
   

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