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Some random images from this collection.
 
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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
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
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Female Andamanese - Ilech, girl of the Ta-Yeri tribe; age about six years, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49890
Ellis Silas, 20thC, View of a village with thatched roof round buildings; South Africa, Cellulose nitrate negative, British Museum, LL/89750
Unidentified photographer, 19th century (late), Three Winnebago people peering into a wigwam (domed single-room dwelling), Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101041
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
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1873 (ca), Domestic Scene Among the Chippewa Indias., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101038
John William Lindt, 1885, 75. Mourners and Dead House at Kalo, Kemp Welch R. [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89914
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Head and torso frontal portrait of an unclothed adult male, seated on a chair in front of a plain backdrop. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89758
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
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
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
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
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
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, 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, 12,202. 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
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, 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
F. York, 1875, [British Museum gallery with natural history specimens], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/92755
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
F. York, 1875, [British Museum gallery with natural history specimens], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/92754
E. Lovejoy, n.d., Studio portrait of two Natives recreating the killing and scalping of a white man, the white man is kneeling on the floor pretending to resist the attack of the other two., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89693
Dufty Brothers, 1870s-1880s, A Kanak woman posing seated in front of a painted backdrop; she wears a band in her hair and a skirt made of grass; she holds a small bowl in one hand; Noumea, New Caledonia., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89691
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
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
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
Unidentified photographer, 1980s (late), Roger Fenton's studio on the roof of the British Museum, Photograph, British Museum, LL/92769
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
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
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
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89867
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
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
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
F. York, 1875, [British Museum gallery with natural history specimens], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/92753
Thomas Bevan, 1860s, Australian Woman and Child. Queensland, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89718
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
Whitney & Zimmerman, n.d., Chippewa Brave, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89698
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, 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
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), 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
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, 12,314. 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, 1890s (ca), Portrait of a man with his mouth open; he has a moustache and beard; South Australia., Lantern slide, British Museum, LL/89751
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
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, 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
Hamilton & Kodylek , 19th century (late), Studio portrait of a Sioux(?) baby in a wooden baby-carrier ornamented with charms, wrapped in cloth, and with a charm necklace around its neck; the baby-carrier is leaning upright on a wooden Western-style stool; Iowa(?),, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101011
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
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
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
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
C. Dammann, 1874 (ca), A Kanak man's severed (?) [New Caledonia], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89687
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
Charles Partridge, 1903, 24 December, A chief's canoe with many people; off Bonny, Southern Nigeria, Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89858
Charles Kerry, 19thC (late), Fifteen photographs of Australian Aborigines, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89812
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
Joel E. Whitney, 1862 (or later), Anpetu-tokeca, (Other day) Who rescued Sixty-two persons from the Indian Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89690
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
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
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
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
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
Alfred Percival Maudslay, 1894, Monument N; man standing on the left at the base of a huge tree looking down at large stone; near the eastern border of the Great Plaza. Quiriguá, Guatemala., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89805
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/107797
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
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
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
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, The tattooed leg of a man of the South Andaman group of tribes., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89789
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
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Portrait of a woman posing in front of a neutral backdrop, sitting on mats on the floor with her back to the camera; she has scarification on her back and wears a headband and belts; Southern Africa., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89772
Edgar Degas, 1879-1880, Les blanchisseuses (The laundresses), Etching and aquatint, British Museum, LL/99320
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
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, 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
Josiah Martin, 19th century (late), [Three Maori objects; a wooden and paua shell kumete (food presentation bowl)], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/124338
Edgar Degas, 1877-1878 (ca), Les deux danseuses (The two dancers) / Object: Two dancers in a rehearsal room, Drypoint and aquatint, British Museum, LL/99321
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
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
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
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
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Stone figure carving of Hoa-Haka-Nana-Ia from the Easter Island, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/76269
1900, Siege currency, Mahikeng, South Africa, Cyanotype, British Museum, LL/89792
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, 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
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
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, 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
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
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
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
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
John William Lindt, 1893, Portrait of a Gubbi Gubbi man, named Yammara, with his head turned to his left; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89930
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Domestic Life among the Chippewa Indians., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101013
Thomas J. Washbourne, 1870 (ca), Portrait of a woman and child sitting in front of a neutral backdrop; the woman wears a cloth shirt and skirt, and the child, who is sitting in her lap wears a fur cloak; Australia., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/107795
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
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
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
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
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, 1893, Portrait of an Cungella man, named Ookathunda, showing body scarification on his back; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89928
Unidentified photographer, 1935, 9 July, Aerial photograph of settlement of Hamud, Somalia, and surrounding scrubland., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89844
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Pair of hands opening a Cyrena shell, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49894
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
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Chippewa Indian Deer Hunt, on Snow Shoes., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101006
Thomas Bevan, 1860s, Australian Woman. Queensland, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89689
Unidentified photographer, n.d., [Early Byzantine spoons, ca. 650, found near Acheripoetos Monastery, Nicosia, Cyprus], Colour photograph, British Museum, LL/89829
John William Lindt, 1885, 14. Village Pet, Koiari Village, New Guinea [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89882
Pierre Mignard (artist, 1612-1695), Claude Duflos (printer) Girard Audran (publisher), 1691-1703, St Cecilia, playing the harp, with angel standing next to her and singing, and musical instruments on the ground, Engraving, British Museum, LL/131562
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
Whitney & Zimmerman, 19th century (mid), Scene at Indian Payment, - Odanah, Wis., [Lake Superior Scenery], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/101046
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
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
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
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
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
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 man, Meshowk, wearing a fur parka; Fullerton Harbour, Hudson Bay., [Geraldine Moodie album], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89819
Unidentified photographer, 1880-1905 (ca), 1199. Afrique Occidentale - Senegal - Femmes du Cayor - Collection Général Fortier, Dakar, Postcard, British Museum, LL/89742
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
George Rose, 1907, 12,258. In the Forest, Sua Bongi, Malaita, Solomon Islands. A view of the peculiar front of a native tree, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113321
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Scene at an Indian Payment., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101012
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
Unidentified photographer, 1903-1904, A portrait of a man sitting in front of a backdrop, with a beard, distended ear lobes, and carrying a plant fibre bag(?) over his shoulder; on the right of the image is a wooden stick with a wooden label inscribed with the number "298"; Papua New Guinea., [Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89870
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Female Andamanese - Ilech, girl of the Ta-Yeri tribe; age about six years, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49891
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
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
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
Unidentified photographer, 1880-1905 (ca), 1230. Afrique Occidentale - Senegal - Traitant du Cayor - Collection Générale Fortier Dakar, Postcard, British Museum, LL/89740
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
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
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
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
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
John William Lindt, 1885, 72. Native House, Kamali [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89896
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
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
Mrs. I.M. Turnbull, 1902, Portrait of adult Somali male in profile, wearing cloth, hair-ornament, holding spear., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89841
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
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
Tokim, 1936-1952, The Chevron Pattern on Temple Wall, Zimbabwe, Postcard, British Museum, LL/89832
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
Unidentified photographer, 19thC (late), The legs of someone sitting down; the legs show signs of leprosy; Papua New Guinea., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89861
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, 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
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
Whitney & Zimmerman, n.d., Me-shaw-ke-ke-shick (Sky down to the Earth.) Young Chippewa Brave., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89699
Unidentified photographer, 1934, 1 August (or earlier), Study of Yoruba carved wooden chair., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89739
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, 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
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), "Ivory Traders, Batanga 2." 5.5' N." [Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Bioko, Santa Isabel], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/52503
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, ? (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
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
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
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
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, 1880-1905 (ca), 1241. Afrique Occidentale - Senegal - Dakar - Jeune fille Ouolof - Collection Générale Fortier Dakar, Postcard, British Museum, LL/89741
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Domestic Scene Among the Chippewa Indians., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101010
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s, Dakota Child Musician, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101003
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
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of a group of male and female children, wearing cloths, personal-ornaments. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89769
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
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
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
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
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
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult female standing in front of a plain backdrop, wearing a hip-cloth, bead neck-ornament, arm-ornaments, head-band. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89764
Gunn & Stuart, 1897, Music-cover sheet for "Victoria Waltz", portrait of Queen Victoria, Music-cover sheet, photomechanical print, chromolithograph, British Museum, LL/86269
Roger Fenton, n.d., Assyrian Tablets in the British Museum (Kuyunjik Collection of cuneiform tablets), Albumen prints, on card, British Museum, LL/66760
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
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
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Domestic Life among the Chippewa Indians., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101016
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, 1876, Two indigenous Australian people, a man and a woman, posing in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89919
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
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Portrait of a woman posing in front of a painted backdrop; she wears beaded necklaces, a cloth loin covering and leg and ankle bands; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89706
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
Alfred Percival Maudslay, 1894, Stela D, south face; trees in the background. Great Plaza, Quiriguá, Guatemala., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89783
Unidentified photographer, 1888 (ca, taken), Mosque in Kumasi [Ghana], Print, British Museum, LL/89856
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89864
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
1900, Siege currency, Mahikeng, South Africa, Cyanotype, British Museum, LL/89791
John William Lindt, 1893, An indigenous Australian man, Werboora, posing in front of a studio backdrop; he has body painting and body scarification; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89923
   

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