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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
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
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, View showing range of chambers of a building known as the Casa de Monjas or Nunnery, from the south east corner of terrace; man sitting in doorway. Chichén Itzá, Mexico., Lantern slide, British Museum, LL/89796
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
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, 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, 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
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, n.d., [Early Byzantine spoons, ca. 650, found near Acheripoetos Monastery, Nicosia, Cyprus], Colour photograph, British Museum, LL/89829
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
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
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
Unidentified photographer, 1934, 1 August (or earlier), Study of Yoruba carved wooden chair., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89739
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
F. York, 1875, [British Museum gallery with natural history specimens], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/92754
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
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 sailing boat at sea, photographed from on board a ship; Papua New Guinea(?), Cellulose nitrate negative, British Museum, LL/89863
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, 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
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
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Male Andamanese - Balia - Man of the Puchik-War tribe. Éremtága. Age about 27 years, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49888
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
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Chippewa Indian Deer Hunt, on Snow Shoes., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101006
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
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
Alfred Percival Maudslay, 1894, Stela D, south face; trees in the background. Great Plaza, Quiriguá, Guatemala., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89783
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 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
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, 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
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
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, 1876, Three indigenous Australian people, two men and a woman, posing in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89918
Whitney & Zimmerman, 19th century (mid), Scene at Indian Payment, - Odanah, Wis., [Lake Superior Scenery], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/101046
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
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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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, 1885, 34. Tree House, Koiari Village [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89880
Unidentified photographer, 1890, Alfred Percival Maudslay on a mule in Quiriguá, Guatemala, Photograph, British Museum, LL/109426
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s, Dakota Child Musician, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101003
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
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), 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, 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
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89865
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, 19th century (late), 14 Spotted Tails Daughter, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101005
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean men's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89866
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
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
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
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
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, 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
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, 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
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
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
Thomas J. Washbourne, 1870 (ca), A Molka family; an Aboriginal Australian man (Tommy), woman (Biddy) and two children…, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/107794
Alfred Percival Maudslay, 1890-1891, The Palace, House D, view of the western corridor looking south; man wearing hat, shirt and trousers leaning on wall. This house stands on the northern half of the western edge of the Palace Mound. Palenque, Mexico., Glass negative, British Museum, LL/89804
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
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, 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, 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, Pair of hands demonstrating how to hold an arrow in a bow before shooting. Andaman Islands, Photograph, British Museum, LL/89799
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
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
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
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89864
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
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), "Myself & some of my staff Mayamba." [Africa, Gabon, Mayoumba], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/52504
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
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), "Ivory Traders, Batanga 2." 5.5' N." [Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Bioko, Santa Isabel], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/52503
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
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
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
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, 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
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
Tokim, 1936-1952, The Chevron Pattern on Temple Wall, Zimbabwe, Postcard, British Museum, LL/89832
Unidentified photographer, 1935, 9 July, Aerial photograph of settlement of Hamud, Somalia, and surrounding scrubland., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89844
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
Josiah Martin, 19th century (late), [Three Maori objects; a wooden and paua shell kumete (food presentation bowl)], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/124338
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
Charles Kerry, 19thC (late), Fifteen studio portraits of Indigenous Australian men some have scarification on their chests, one is holding a boomerang; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89808
Geraldine Moodie, 1903-1905, Studio portrait of an Inuit woman, Tu-tu-uck-tu-uck, wearing a beaded parka; she is also wearing rings on her fingers; Fullerton Harbour, Hudson Bay., [Geraldine Moodie album], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89822
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
Eadweard Muybridge, 1868-1877 (Fort Wrangle in use), Fort Wrangle, from Rock Cod, [Alaska], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/101044
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
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, 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
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
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Pair of hands opening a Cyrena shell, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49894
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
Josiah Martin, 1889 (or later), [Studio Promotion for Josiah Martin], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/124336
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
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
John William Lindt, 1893, Portrait of an Cungella man, named Ookathunda, showing body scarification on his back; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89928
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
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
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, 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, 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, 1876, A portrait of a man sitting on rocks in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89921
Thomas Bevan, 1860s, Australian Woman and Child. Queensland, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89718
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
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, 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
Gunn & Stuart, 1897, Music-cover sheet for "Victoria Waltz", portrait of Queen Victoria, Music-cover sheet, photomechanical print, chromolithograph, British Museum, LL/86269
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
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
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
Edgar Degas, 1879-1880, Les blanchisseuses (The laundresses), Etching and aquatint, British Museum, LL/99320
Roger Fenton, n.d., Assyrian Tablets in the British Museum (Kuyunjik Collection of cuneiform tablets), Albumen prints, on card, British Museum, LL/66760
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, 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
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
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, ? (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, 12,301. 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
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
Geraldine Moodie, 1903-1905, Studio portrait of an Inuit woman, Nanowk, wearing decorated fur and skin clothing and boots; Fullerton Harbour, Hudson Bay., [Geraldine Moodie album], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89817
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Domestic Life among the Chippewa Indians., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101016
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
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), 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
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
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
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
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
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89867
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
B.F. Childs, 19th century (late), Home of Old Nokomis [Chippewa], Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101042
John Watt Beattie, 1906, A man shooting fish, Solomon Islands., Lantern slide, British Museum, LL/89806
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
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
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
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
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
J.A. Green, 1897, Portrait of the King of Benin, Oba Ovonramwen, seated in a wicker chair with three soldiers standing beside and behind him., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89747
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
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
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
Isaac Briot (print maker), 17th century, Georges Cardinal d'Amboise Grand Ministre d'Estat et Legat en France, Engraving, British Museum, LL/127053
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
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
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
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
John William Lindt, 1885, 39. Akibaka Creek, Aroa River, Kabade District [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89904
F. York, 1875, [British Museum gallery with natural history specimens], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/92755
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
F. York, 1875, [British Museum gallery with natural history specimens], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/92753
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
John William Lindt, 1885, 36. Koiari Village, inland from Bootless Inlet [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89888
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
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Domestic Life among the Chippewa Indians., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101013
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Typical heads of the Andamanese - "Burinya", woman of the "Aka Bojigiab" tribe, Middle Andaman; age about thirty years; wearing necklace., Photograph, British Museum, LL/49892
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
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, 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, n.d., Ka -ze-osh. (One who sails.), A Chippewa Chief., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89694
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
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Display of four pig arrows. Andaman Islands, Photograph, British Museum, LL/89801
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
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
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 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
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, 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
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
John William Lindt, 1876, A portrait of a man standing in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89922
Alfred Percival Maudslay, 1890, House G, stone lentil with two human figures. Quiriguá, Guatemala., Lantern slide, British Museum, LL/89797
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Portrait of a woman posing in front of a painted backdrop; she wears a cloth top draped over one shoulder and a patterned cloth wrap around her waist; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89708
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
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
   

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