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Ethnic costume

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Images about Ethnic costume

48 images from works
  • A man of an Amazonian tribe, holding a spear and wearing a feathered head-dress, in a photographic studio.
  • A troupe of nautch dancing girls, standing in a line holding hands, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • An Indian man wearing many beads, and carrying a begging bowl and an umbrella, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • An Indian snake charmer squatting down playing his pipe, with two cobras in a basket in front of him, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • Two Bulgarian women wearing national dress.
  • A family portrait in a photographic studio.
  • People of Leon, a man and woman holding hands, wearing traditional dress.
  • A Bulgarian woman in national dress with a water jug.
  • A Montenegrin man wearing national dress and a Montenegrin cap.
  • A man and woman of the Toda tribe standing in a photographic studio, with a dog lying at their feet.
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Works from the collections

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    A gathering of people in the Balkans selling fish taken in winter sunlight.

    | Reference: 536649i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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    A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a branch of a tree, in front of a curtained backdrop.

    | Date: [approximately 1900] | Reference: 541504i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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    A Spanish woman, with her back to the camera, wearing a shawl with long fringes. Photograph, ca. 1900.

    | Date: [approximately 1900] | Reference: 530601i
    Part of: Traditional Spanish dress 1.
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    People of Madrid, two women with their arms around each other wearing traditional dress.

    Laurent y Minier, Jean, 1816-1886. | Date: [approximately 1880] | Reference: 530991i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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    A Montenegrin woman wearing national dress with a large metal belt.

    Djordjevic, Djordjia. | Reference: 528910i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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Related topics

Ethnology
Women
Spain
Tokyo
Kimonos
Obi
India
Fashion
Africa
Beards

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