Earring Collection (#8)

Flathead mother, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Flathead mother, c1910. Flathead woman standing by tree holding baby in cradleboard in front of her

Cayuse woman, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, braids, shell disk earrings... c1910
Cayuse woman, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, braids, shell disk earrings, shell bead choker and shell beads around neck, beaded buckskin dress with beaded belt, c1910

Tsawatenok girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tsawatenok girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, c1914

Zuni ornaments, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Zuni ornaments, c1903. Zuni woman wearing jewelry

Lynx cap, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lynx cap, c1905. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Navajo man wearing headpiece from Lynx head

A Nambe girl, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Nambe girl, c1905

The Jicarilla, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Jicarilla, c1905. Half-length portrait of Jicarilla man

Fat Horse with insignia of a Blackfoot soldier, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Fat Horse with insignia of a Blackfoot soldier, c1927

Cheyenne girl, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cheyenne girl, c1905. Cheyenne girl, half-length portrait, facing front

Umatilla maiden, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Umatilla maiden, c1910. Umatilla woman, half-length portrait, facing front, standing in front of tree, wearing beaded buckskin dress, shell bead necklaces, shell disk earrings, and woven grass hat

Wisham (i.e. Wishran) girl, profile, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wisham (i.e. Wishran) girl, profile, c1910

Flathead profile, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Flathead profile, c1910. Photograph shows Flathead man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left

Shirt - Kalispel, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Shirt - Kalispel, c1910. Photograph shows a Kalispel man, full-length portrait, facing front, sitting with legs crossed, hands resting on knees

Navajo with fur cap, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Navajo with fur cap, c1905. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Navajo man, facing right, wearing fur cap, turquois earring, shell necklace, silver button strap over shoulder, and velvet shirt

Touch her dress-Kalispel, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Touch her dress-Kalispel, c1910. Kalispel girl sitting on her knees, hands folded in lap

Wishham bride, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wishham bride, c1910. Tlakluit bride, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, wearing braids, beaded headdress with Chinese coins, dentalium shell earrings, beaded buckskin dress

Qahatika girl, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Qahatika girl, c1907

Crow child, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Crow child, 1908. Photograph shows little girl, wearing traditonal dress, standing againt rock

Antelope Cap, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Antelope Cap, c1905. Antelope Cap, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

A Jicarilla man, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Jicarilla man, c1904. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Jicarilla man

Aki-tanni ("Two Guns")-Sarsi, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Aki-tanni ("Two Guns")-Sarsi, c1927. Aki-tanni, head-and-shoulders portrait, turned right

The Patient, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Patient, c1905. Portrait of Navajo man, head-and-shoulders, facing front, rag headband, blanket over shoulders

Grand Duchess Marie Paulovna (formerly Princess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin...between 1870 and 80 Creator: Unknown)
Grand Duchess Marie Paulovna (formerly Princess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, between 1870 and 1880

Tasunka, (alias Plenty Horse[s]) The slayer of Lieut Casey, near Pine Ridge, SD, 1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Tasunka, (alias Plenty Horse[s]) The slayer of Lieut Casey, near Pine Ridge, SD, 1891

Kurilian. Gilyachka. Gilyak, 1862. Creator: Karlis Huns
Kurilian. Gilyachka. Gilyak, 1862. Sheet 60 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1

Gilyachka in a suit made of fish skin, 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin
Gilyachka in a suit made of fish skin, 1865-1871. This album contains 154 photographs taken in the second half of the 1860s and 1870s by a local photographer from the Far East, V. V. Lanin

Cohit Songwi, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cohit Songwi, c1905. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Tewa girl

Dusty Dress, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Dusty Dress, c1910. Kalispel Indian woman, half-length portrait, facing front, seated, wrapped braids, white stripes painted on hair, shell disk earrings

Chief Garfield-Jicarilla, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Chief Garfield-Jicarilla, c1905. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Jicarilla man

Fish Shows, an Apsaroke Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, pompadour... c1908
Fish Shows, an Apsaroke Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, pompadour, temple braids painted white, 2 eagle feathers, disk earring, shell beads with large disk ornaments

Queen Elizabeth of England, undated. (c1910s) Creator: Franz von Matsch
Queen Elizabeth of England, undated. (c1910s)

"The First-Born", by F. Goodall, A.R.A. in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: E. Skill
"The First-Born", by F. Goodall, A.R.A. in the International Exhibition, 1862. Engraving of a painting. "The First-born" is distinguished for its splendour

Althea Talbot, Lady Arundel, 1646. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Althea Talbot, Lady Arundel, 1646

Surmi woman - Ethiopia
Joxe Inazio Kuesta Garmendia

Woman in a market in Benin
Joxe Inazio Kuesta Garmendia

Portrait In Blue Blouse
Little Dean

African Beauty
Ojenike Oladapo

Woman with closed eyes, (B&W), (Close-up)
Black and White, photography, Close-up, Head and shoulders, White background, Old fashioned, Past, Mid Adult, 30s, 30-35 Years, Women, Mid Adult Women, Adults Only, Only Women, One Person

Arab family photographed during dinner. The members of the small nucleus are seated on the ground around a rudimentary table on which is placed a tray filled with dishes of food Egypt

Portrait of little girl with a toy Italy. Date of Photograph:1960 ca

A model Italy. Date of Photograph:1950-1960

A Rajasthani Lady (gouache and w/c on marble plate)
DND221213 A Rajasthani Lady (gouache and w/c on marble plate) by Indian School; Private Collection; Dinodia

Roman Mother, c.1867 (oil on canvas)
8677875 Roman Mother, c.1867 (oil on canvas) by Leighton, Frederic (1830-96); 82.9x69.5 cm; Leighton House Museum, Kensington & Chelsea, London, UK; © Leighton House

Head of a Young Woman, early 1730s (oil on canvas)
XOS5884720 Head of a Young Woman, early 1730s (oil on canvas) by Boucher, Francois (1703-70); 47x40 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Francois Boucher)

South American Missionary Society Missionary
3786100 South American Missionary Society Missionary; (add.info.: South American Missionary Society Missionary- wearing traditional Mapuche dress. Early 20th century)

Emperor Muhammad Akbar (1542-1605) (gouache and w/c on ivory)
DND221217 Emperor Muhammad Akbar (1542-1605) (gouache and w/c on ivory) by Indian School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605);); Dinodia

Emperor Ashoka (watercolour)
DND184166 Emperor Ashoka (watercolour) by Indian School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Emperor Ashoka (r.264-23 BC) Emperor in the Mauyran dynasty in India); Dinodia

Portrait of the actress Evi Maltagliati Milan. Date of Photograph:1957

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