Indigenous Collection

Maori girls rubbing noses, c1920. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, 1845. Creator: George Caleb Bingham
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, 1845

Before the storm, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Before the storm, c1906. Four Apaches on horseback under storm clouds

Captain James Cook taking possession of New South Wales in the name of the British Crown, 1770. James Cook (1728-1779), English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, made three voyages of discovery

An Arapahoe Boy, c. 1882. Creator: George de Forest Brush
An Arapahoe Boy, c. 1882

Hinmatoowyalahtq it (Chief Joseph), 1879. Creator: Charles Milton Bell
Hinmatoowyalahtq it (Chief Joseph), 1879

Zulu warriors, Southern Africa, c1875. Group portrait of Zulu warriors outside a thatched hut

Two Mashona tribeswomen pounding maize and millet, Zimbabwe, Africa, 1936. Artist: Wide World Photos
Two Mashona tribeswomen pounding maize and millet, Zimbabwe, Africa, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Deaf Bull, c. 1880. Creator: Laton Alton Huffman
Deaf Bull, c. 1880. [Portrait of a chief of the Crow people from the Yellowstone River valley, western United States]. Gelatin silver print

Tsianina, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Tsianina, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone (1882-1985), a singer and performer of Creek and Cherokee ancestry.

Sketches in British Columbia: Indian village, Douglas Lake, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in British Columbia: Indian village, Douglas Lake, 1864. Village '...inhabited by 200 or 300 people of the Quit-Squaws tribe, who, like all those to be met with on this route

An Indian with a flag of truce, in Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, 1864. Creator: Unknown
An Indian with a flag of truce, in Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Lieutenant Edward C. Hall

Indians of Peru and Bolivia, South America, 1864. Creator: Joseph Austin Benwell
Indians of Peru and Bolivia, South America, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. C. L. Rowsell of Valparaiso, of indigenous people belonging to '...the half-civilised part of the native South

The boats of H.M.S. Sutlej and Devastation attacking an Indian village in Clayoquot..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The boats of H.M.S. Sutlej and Devastation attacking an Indian village in Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Lieutenant Edward C. Hall

Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). A group of Native Americans inspecting the model weapons aboard the USS Recruit

Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Lt. Wells Hawks (1870-1941), a member of the Navy's public relations team with "Chief Bald Eagle"

Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Native American "Chief Bald Eagle" shaking hands with Lieutenant Wells Hawks (1870-1941)

Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Native American "Chief Bald Eagle" during his visit to the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square

Shoria Man, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Shoria Man, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region and another topographic expedition to the Mrasskii region

Farm Structures in the Ulus Kumys and a Ploughed Field on the Slope, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Farm Structures in the Ulus Kumys and a Ploughed Field on the Slope, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Shoria Family by their Yurt, Ulus Kumys, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Shoria Family by their Yurt, Ulus Kumys, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Group of Shoria Man and Members of a Land-Management Expedition, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Group of Shoria Man and Members of a Land-Management Expedition, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Group of Shoria Men with Village Headmen by a House, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Group of Shoria Men with Village Headmen by a House, 1913.From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Group of Shoria Men in the Srednii Chilei Ulus, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Group of Shoria Men in the Srednii Chilei Ulus, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Kamchadals on baht pull out fish from the “muzzles” of the “constipation”..., 1910-29. Creator: Ivan Emelianovich Larin
Kamchadals on baht pull out fish from the "muzzles" of the "constipation" (structure for fishing), 1910-1929

Preobrazhenie Bay: Chukchi in front of their home, in national traditional fur clothing..., 1910-29
Preobrazhenie Bay: Chukchi in front of their home, in national traditional fur clothing, kamleikas, 1910-1929. From an album containing 296 works offering a glimpse of life in the Russian Far

Kamchadal hunters against the backdrop of the city, with guns, furs, on skis, 1910-1929. From an album containing 296 works offering a glimpse of life in the Russian Far Northeast in the first third

Indigent Shoria Man, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Indigent Shoria Man, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

A Child with a Dog by a Yurt, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
A Child with a Dog by a Yurt, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Boats on the Mrassu River, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Boats on the Mrassu River, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Chukchi boy in national clothes, kukhlyanka, fur pants, 1910-1929. Creator: Ivan Emelianovich Larin
Chukchi boy in national clothes, kukhlyanka, fur pants, 1910-1929. From an album containing 296 works offering a glimpse of life in the Russian Far Northeast in the first third of the twentieth

Two Chukchi in kukhlyankas, 1910-1929. Creator: Ivan Emelianovich Larin
Two Chukchi in kukhlyankas, 1910-1929. From an album containing 296 works offering a glimpse of life in the Russian Far Northeast in the first third of the twentieth century

Two Chukchi in national clothes, with guns and a spear, 1910-1929. Creator: Ivan Emelianovich Larin
Two Chukchi in national clothes, with guns and a spear, 1910-1929. From an album containing 296 works offering a glimpse of life in the Russian Far Northeast in the first third of the twentieth

Topographers, Members of the Land-Management Expedition, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Topographers, Members of the Land-Management Expedition at the Table with a Group of Shoria Men, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia

G.I. Ivanov and a Shoria Family at the Table with Samovar Near the Tent, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
G.I. Ivanov and a Shoria Family at the Table with Samovar Near the Tent, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai

Group of Shoria Men; a Hunter, in Front, Equipped for a Winter Hunt by the Members..., 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Group of Shoria Men; a Hunter, in Front, Equipped for a Winter Hunt by the Members of the Expedition, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to

Topographer, a Member of the Land-Management Expedition with the Village Headman, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Topographer, a Member of the Land-Management Expedition with the Village Headman, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in

Shoria Hunters Equipped for the Winter Hunt, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Shoria Hunters Equipped for the Winter Hunt, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Inhabitants of One Gornaia Shoria Village and an Expedition Member, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Inhabitants of One Gornaia Shoria Village and an Expedition Member; making a List of All Home Owners, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to

Shoria Man with Fish, Caught in the River Mrassu Rapid, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Shoria Man with Fish, Caught in the River Mrassu Rapid, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Group of Shoria Men with Members of the Land-Management Expedition, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Group of Shoria Men with Members of the Land-Management Expedition on the Shore - Gornaia Shoria Ulus Gathering, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition

The Shors demonstrate the main tools for cultivating the land (hoe - "abyl", harrow) and..., 1913
The Shors demonstrate the main tools for cultivating the land (hoe - "abyl", harrow) and grain (hand winnower, mortar, millstone), 1913

Group of Shoria Men with Members of the Land-Management Expedition, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Group of Shoria Men with Members of the Land-Management Expedition on the Shore - Gornaia Shoria Ulus Gathering, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition

Softening Leather, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Softening Leather, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Shoria Women Making Shoes, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Shoria Women Making Shoes, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Shoria Family Dressed in the "City" Type Clothes, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Shoria Family Dressed in the "City" Type Clothes, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Eskimo, 1916. Creator: Lomen Brothers
Eskimo, 1916.

Old Woman Collecting Wood, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Old Woman Collecting Wood, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

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