Nose Ring Collection

Two Hindu Women in Elaborate Jewelry, Before Studio Backdrop with Palm Trees, 1860s-70s

A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735. Creator: Unknown
A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735. Perhaps Radha, the divine consort of Krishna

Costumes de Différents Pays, Bayadere, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Bayadere, c1797

Parvati Nursing Ganesha, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Parvati Nursing Ganesha, 19th century. India's multiple religious traditions produced lively exchanges in the representation of the divine

'Coiffures of Bambara Women; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Coiffures of Bambara Women; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Northwest Coast, c.1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Northwest Coast, c.1927. Female portrait

Architectural Bracket in the Form of a Celestial Musician (image 3 of 3), c.16th century. Creator: Unknown
Architectural Bracket in the Form of a Celestial Musician (image 3 of 3), c.16th century

Dahchihtok, Nunivak, 1928. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Dahchihtok, Nunivak, 1928

Kenowun, Nunivak, 1928. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Kenowun, Nunivak, 1928

A Nootka Belle, 1915. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Nootka Belle, 1915

Payta Kootha, a Shawnee Warrior, 1836. Creator: Albert Newsam
Payta Kootha, a Shawnee Warrior, 1836

A Hesquiat maiden, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Hesquiat maiden, c1910. Hesquiat woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

U?iyaku-Nunivak, c1929. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
U?iyaku-Nunivak, c1929. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Eskimo woman of the Arctic region, wearing a nose ring and labret. Her hooded parka is made of intestinal parchment

Yakotlus-Quatsino, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yakotlus-Quatsino, c1914. Yakotlus, Kwakiutl man, head-and-shoulders portrait, seated, facing right

A chief's daughter-Nakoaktok, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A chief's daughter-Nakoaktok, c1914. Nakoaktok woman, half-length portrait, facing right, seated, wearing a blanket, a hat with shell ornaments, large earrings, a nose ring, and several bracelets

Nakoaktok warrior, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nakoaktok warrior, c1914. Kwakiutl man, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding pole

The chief's daughter, 1910 Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The chief's daughter, 1910 Kwakiutl woman, full-length portrait, seated on a blanket-covered board supported by two wooden carved images representing her slaves, facing front

Nakoaktok chief and copper, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nakoaktok chief and copper, c1914. Hakalahl, Nakoaktok chief, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, holding copper Wanistakila

Hindoo Girl; Black Bear shooting in the Himalayas, 1875. Creator: G. Beste
Hindoo Girl; Black Bear shooting in the Himalayas, 1875. [Indian woman wearing nose ring, bangles and anklets]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

A Mahe Woman of Ampasim; An Excursion in Dahomey, 1871. Creator: J. Alfred Skertchly
A Mahe Woman of Ampasim; An Excursion in Dahomey, 1871. [Woman from what is now Benin in West Africa]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Nose Ring (Nath), 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Nose Ring (Nath), 19th century

Fragment of a Jar in the Form of a Human Head, Possibly Deceased, Wearing a Nosering, 100 B.C./A.D. 500

Nose Ornaments in the Form of Feline Whiskers, 180 B. C. / A. D. 500. Creator: Unknown
Nose Ornaments in the Form of Feline Whiskers, 180 B.C./A.D. 500

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

A Bejewelled Maiden with a Parakeet, ca. 1670-1700. Creator: Unknown
A Bejewelled Maiden with a Parakeet, ca. 1670-1700

A Native Bride, c1920s. Creator: Mortimer L Menpes
A Native Bride, c1920s. Indian woman with nose jewellery. From " India" by Flora A. Steel. [A. & C. Black, Ltd, London, c1920s]

Trinidad - British West Indies cover, c1940s. Creator: Unknown
Trinidad - British West Indies cover, c1940s. From " Trinidad - British West Indies, Land of the Humming Bird". [Tichnor Quality Views, Boston]

A nautch girl, Madras Presidency, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Malformation of the ears, Solomon Islands, 1920. Artist: JW Beattie
Malformation of the ears, Solomon Islands, 1920. A man with pierced ear lobes enlarged by discs and a nose ring. A print from Customs of the World, Hutchinson and Company, 1920

Muslim hill tribe people, Chakrata, India, 1917

A Man and Woman of Nootka Sound, c1776-1779. Artist: J Dadley
A Man and Woman of Nootka Sound, c1776-1779. Natives from the west coast of what is now Canada, as seen by members of Captain Cooks expedition in 1776-1779

Ak-quee-we-zaints, The Boy, 1848. Artist: Harris
Ak-quee-we-zaints, The Boy, 1848. Native American in traditional costume. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, published by Hippolyte Bailliere, (London)

Female dancer (bayadere), 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Female dancer (bayadere), 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828. From the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Latchimi, 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Latchimi, 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828. From the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Egyptian Bronze Cat, Sacred to the Goddess Bastet, Roman Period. c664BC-332 BC. The Gayer-Anderson Cat is an Ancient Egyptian statue of a cat, which dates from the Late Period (around 664-332 BC)

Persia Won!, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
Persia Won!, 1873. Britannia says farewell to the Shah of Persia (now Iran) after his successful visit to Britain. It was believed that whilst good relations were maintained with Persia

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