Body Decoration Collection

Aboriginal Australians - young men, daguerreotyped in Port Phillip by Mr. Kilburn, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Aboriginal Australians - young men, daguerreotyped in Port Phillip by Mr. Kilburn, 1850. Portrait of two young men, the one holding his waddy, or club of defence; the other

Mundi Rucu Girl, Tatooed; A Trip up the Trombetas, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Mundi Rucu Girl, Tatooed; A Trip up the Trombetas, 1875. [Indigenous woman of the Munduruku people from the Trombetas River region of the Amazon in South America]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W

Mura Indian, with Lip Ornaments; A Trip up the Trombetas, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Mura Indian, with Lip Ornaments; A Trip up the Trombetas, 1875. [Indigenous man from the Trombetas River region of the Amazon in South America]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Hindoo Fakir, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hindoo Fakir; (Elephant shooting in the Dehra Dhoon), 1875. [Indian holy man with pierced cheeks, holding an item of religious significance]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Pair of Earspools with Eight-Pointed Star Motif, A. D. 1200 / 1400. Creator: Unknown
Pair of Earspools with Eight-Pointed Star Motif, A.D. 1200/1400. Mississippian, possibly Oklahoma, LeFlore County, Spiro

Melanesian Man, ca. 1890-1899. Creator: Antonio Zeno Shindler
Melanesian Man, ca. 1890-1899

Kish-Kallo-Wa (Family Algonquian-Tribe Shawnee), 1832-1833. Creator: Henry Inman
Kish-Kallo-Wa (Family Algonquian-Tribe Shawnee), 1832-1833

Native Troopers Dispersing A Camp, Australia, 1886. Artist: Frank P Mahony
Native Troopers Dispersing A Camp, Australia, 1886. An aboriginal man being chased away from his camp during the colonisation of Australia

Mackabarang, c1803. A native of New South Wales and known in the Colony by the name of Broken Bay Jack

Captain of a company of cannibal fighting men, New Guinea, 1922. Illustration from Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume II, British Empire to Dahomey

Heo-a-h co-a-h -cotes-min, a Flat head Warrior, 1848. Artist: Harris
Heo-a-h co-a-h -cotes-min, a Flat head Warrior, 1848. Native American with a painted face. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, published by Hippolyte Bailliere

Mah-to-toh-pa, (The Four Bears), 2nd Chief of the Mandans, 1848. Artist: Harris
Mah-to-toh-pa, (The Four Bears), 2nd Chief of the Mandans, 1848. Native American man of the Mandan people, a branch of the Sioux family in North America

Nah-Pope (The Soup), A Sac Warrior, 1848. Artist: Harris
Nah-Pope (The Soup), A Sac Warrior, 1848. Native American of the Sac or Sauk people. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, published by Hippolyte Bailliere, (London)

Native of Mozambique, c1850. Artist: James Prichard
Native of Mozambique, c1850. Tattooed inhabitant of Mozambique, Africa. Engraving from the Natural History of Man by James Pritchard, (London, 1855)

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