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Bronze depicting tribal chief with a blanket, armed with a sword and cudgel from Monte Arcosu, Uta, Cagliari, Sardinia





Panoramic view, sunrise at the mesas of West Mitten Butte, East Mitten Butte, Merrick Butte, Scenic Drive, Monument Valley, N...
Panoramic view, sunrise at the mesas of West Mitten Butte, East Mitten Butte, Merrick Butte, Scenic Drive, Monument Valley, Navajo Tribal Park, Navajo Nation Reservation, Arizona, Utah, United States of America, USA





The contrasting leather aprons or skirts of two Nyagatom girls. The skirt on the left is richly decorated with metal and copp...
The contrasting leather aprons or skirts of two Nyagatom girls. The skirt on the left is richly decorated with metal and copper beads, the one on the right is embellished with thousands of small white discs or beads, handmade from ostrich shells.The Nyagatom are one of the largest tribes and arguably the most warlike people living along the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia.





Batak Toba tribal rural village houses on Samosir Island in Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia





In the late afternoon, Nyagatom villagers enjoy singing and dancing. As groups of men take centre stage to jump high in the a...
In the late afternoon, Nyagatom villagers enjoy singing and dancing. As groups of men take centre stage to jump high in the air, women and girls sing, clap to a rhythm, and move slowly towards the men. Children enjoy the excitement in the background. The Nyagatom are one of the largest tribes and arguably the most warlike people living along the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia.





At the culmination of a Hamar bull-jumping ceremony, the rite of passage to manhood for every male, the bull-jumper or initia...
At the culmination of a Hamar bull-jumping ceremony, the rite of passage to manhood for every male, the bull-jumper or initiate runs naked across the backs of a line of bulls. He does this twice in each direction. Once he has completed his bull jump he is takes his place as a man of the tribe, he can take a wife and can vote on tribal issues.





Close up detail of traditional scar decorations amongst Mursi tribal men Makki, South Omo, Southern Nations, Ethiopia. Each h...
Close up detail of traditional scar decorations amongst Mursi tribal men Makki, South Omo, Southern Nations, Ethiopia. Each horse_shoe like scar tattoo represents a member from rivaling tribes killed in combat. Close up detail of traditional scar decorations amongst Mursi tribal men





Samburu warriors, spears in hand, jump into the air without bending their knees during one of their dance routines.





Hoti Indian man and woman carrying baskets and jugs through the forest, Amazonas Territory and Boliar State, Guiana Highlands...
Hoti Indian man and woman carrying baskets and jugs through the forest, Amazonas Territory and Boliar State, Guiana Highlands, Venezuela.





Burundi, Kirundo Province, Tribal People, Burundian Returnee From Rwanda Cultivating Land Using Fertilizer Supplied By The Ee...
Burundi, Kirundo Province, Tribal People, Burundian Returnee From Rwanda Cultivating Land Using Fertilizer Supplied By The Eec.





Shashemene Ethiopia Africa Alaba tribe home with animals and yard for locals with woman with her babies in poor farm 10





Jika tribal dancer having her headdress prepared, centrepiece is a whole skin of a Blue Bird of Paradise, Paiya Sing_sing Wes...
Jika tribal dancer having her headdress prepared, centrepiece is a whole skin of a Blue Bird of Paradise, Paiya Sing_sing Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Oceania





Detail of a Maasai warrior's ear ornaments and other beaded or metal adornments. The Maasai practice of piercing ears in adol...
Detail of a Maasai warrior's ear ornaments and other beaded or metal adornments. The Maasai practice of piercing ears in adolescence and gradually elongating the lobes is gradually dying out. This warrior's body and his long braids have been smeared with red ochre mixed with animal fat.





Portrait of a smiling woman of the Akha hill tribe wearing head_dress of silver and coins, in the Golden Triangle, Thailand, ...
Portrait of a smiling woman of the Akha hill tribe wearing head_dress of silver and coins, in the Golden Triangle, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia





Africa, Ethiopia, South Omo, Mago National Park, Mursi man with body painting and AK47 rifle





In the early morning, young Samburu girls take kids to their mothers. They will then milk the nanny goats leaving half the mi...
In the early morning, young Samburu girls take kids to their mothers. They will then milk the nanny goats leaving half the milk for the kids. Only women and children milk goats although every member of the family will drink the milk.





Girl Wearing Special Cloth,The Yapese of Satawal Island celebrate a girl's first menstruation in the women's house. The girl,...
Girl Wearing Special Cloth,The Yapese of Satawal Island celebrate a girl's first menstruation in the women's house. The girl, who wears orange turmeric powder on her chest, is symbolically dressed in new loincloths, gifts by the women of the island. This is the first time the girl p





BANJARI PILGRIM WOMEN with their traditional HEAD SHAWLS leave the PUSHKAR CAMEL FAIR - RAJASTHAN, INDIA





Transporting the Wounded by Seth Eastman from The American Aboriginal Portfolio by Mary Eastman, 1853, (1808-1878), USA, Chic...
Transporting the Wounded by Seth Eastman from The American Aboriginal Portfolio by Mary Eastman, 1853, (1808-1878), USA, Chicago, Newberry Library





Nahuatl Man and Woman,A man and a woman are in the Milpa Alta neighborhood of Mexico City, an area that is home to a small gr...
Nahuatl Man and Woman,A man and a woman are in the Milpa Alta neighborhood of Mexico City, an area that is home to a small group of Nahuatl Indians.





USA, United States, America, Arizona, American, Southwest, Mittens Butte, Merrick Butte, Monument Valley, Navajo Tribal Park,...
USA, United States, America, Arizona, American, Southwest, Mittens Butte, Merrick Butte, Monument Valley, Navajo Tribal Park, cliffs, rock, rock formation, desert, nature, landscape, scenic, scenery, nobody, majestic, outdoors, twilight, sunset





African bedik women sitting on the threshold of her hut, Iwol village, Bassari country, Senegal, Africa





Himba women perform the otjiunda dance, stamping their feet, clapping and chanting while one of them gyrates in the centre of...
Himba women perform the otjiunda dance, stamping their feet, clapping and chanting while one of them gyrates in the centre of the circle. The Himba are Herero speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh, dry but starkly beautiful landscape of remote northwest Namibia.





Algeria Tamanrasset People of Tuareg tribe during the TAFSIT or springfestival Sahara Desert





Huaorani Indians making fire. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador, South America.





Navajo man dressed in traditional costume with Merrick Butte on the right and East Mitten Butte in the centre, Monument Valle...
Navajo man dressed in traditional costume with Merrick Butte on the right and East Mitten Butte in the centre, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona, United States of America, North America





Hamar women dance at a 'Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose wom...
Hamar women dance at a 'Jumping of the Bull ceremony. The Hamar are semi nomadic pastoralists of Southwest Ethiopia whose women wear striking traditional dress and style their red ochred hair mop fashion





Yoruba Drum for Ifa Ijebu Area, from A Ijebu-Igbo, England, London, Christie's Images, Primitive Art





Aku lady with baby, Wan Sai village, Kengtung Kyaing Tong, Shan state, Myanmar Burma, Asia





Huaorani Indian girl, making a basket from palm leaves which will be used once then discarded. Gabaro Community, Yasuni Natio...
Huaorani Indian girl, making a basket from palm leaves which will be used once then discarded. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador, South America.





Samburu man looks down over the Ewaso Rongai Valley from Mount Nyiru, Northern Frontier, Kenya, East Africa, Africa





A young Dassanech boy with an elaborate clay hairdo and headband of beads at his village in the Omo Delta. Much the largest o...
A young Dassanech boy with an elaborate clay hairdo and headband of beads at his village in the Omo Delta. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50,000, the Dassanech (also known as the Galeb, Changila or Merille) and Nilotic pastoralists and agriculturalists.





Turkana women and girls are responsible for watering livestock, which is unusual among pastoral societies. Here, a young girl...
Turkana women and girls are responsible for watering livestock, which is unusual among pastoral societies. Here, a young girl waters goats from a waterhole dug in the sand of a seasonal watercourse. Her young brother will control the flow of stock to the water trough. In the background, a man digs out another waterhole; they have to been deepened regularly towards the end of the dry season.





A young Amhara lady weaves a traditional food basket from dried grasses. These large colourful baskets are used for serving i...
A young Amhara lady weaves a traditional food basket from dried grasses. These large colourful baskets are used for serving injera, a fermented, bread-type pancake, which is the country's national dish.She is wearing the national dress of Ethiopia - a shamma. This garment is made of homespun cotton with a finely woven and often brightly coloured border.





Shan Boys During Poi Sang Long,The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony inducting Shan boys in Mae Hong Son, Thailand, into a ...
Shan Boys During Poi Sang Long,The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony inducting Shan boys in Mae Hong Son, Thailand, into a Buddhist monastery for a short time. Before entering the monastery, however, they are dressed like princes and treated like royalty for three days, in honor of th





Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea,...
Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Pacific





Small rural girl from Bheel tribal community ; semi urban village Dilwara ; Udaipur ; Rajasthan ; India





South Africa, Orange Free State, Tribal Peoples, 'Basotho Women In Horse Drawn Cart, Oranges On Back. '





A young Himba boy rides home comfortably on a donkey. Sheepskins and blankets make up his saddle. His body is smeared with a ...
A young Himba boy rides home comfortably on a donkey. Sheepskins and blankets make up his saddle. His body is smeared with a mixture of red ochre, butterfat and herbs. The Himba are Herero speaking Bantu nomads who live in the harsh, dry but starkly beautiful landscape of remote northwest Namibia.





Sunrise, dawn, mesas, King on His Throne, Stagecoach, Bear and Rabbit, Castle Butte, Monument Valley, Navajo Tribal Park, Nav...
Sunrise, dawn, mesas, King on His Throne, Stagecoach, Bear and Rabbit, Castle Butte, Monument Valley, Navajo Tribal Park, Navajo Nation Reservation, Arizona, Utah, USA





A cluster of Dassanech granaries line the banks of the Omo River in front of a large settlement. The dome shaped granaries ar...
A cluster of Dassanech granaries line the banks of the Omo River in front of a large settlement. The dome shaped granaries are kept high off the ground to protect them from flood damage. The Omo River rises in the Ethiopian Highlands and flows for over 600 miles before discharging its waters into the northern end of Lake Turkana.





Beautiful old woman of the Black Karen tribe The black teeth have been caused by constant chewing of betelnut Chiang Rai regi...
Beautiful old woman of the Black Karen tribe The black teeth have been caused by constant chewing of betelnut Chiang Rai regio





Samburu boys wearing the charcoal-blackened goatskin cloaks of those about to be circumcised drive their families' herds to t...
Samburu boys wearing the charcoal-blackened goatskin cloaks of those about to be circumcised drive their families' herds to their lorara (a purpose-built circumcision encampment), shortly before they undergo the ritual. A family's herds must be penned in the lorara until the circumcision





Arba Minch Chencha Ethiopia Africa Dorze tribe village woman kneading making bread with traditional methods 12





A Dassanech man stands on one leg in typical pose while looking after his familys cattle in the Omo Delta, one of the largest...
A Dassanech man stands on one leg in typical pose while looking after his familys cattle in the Omo Delta, one of the largest inland deltas in the world. The Dassanech speak a language of Eastern Cushitic origin. They practice animal husbandry and fishing as well as agriculture.





Aimaq lady and children, Aimaq nomad camp, Pal_Kotal_i_Guk, between Chakhcharan and Jam, Afghanistan, Asia





Karo people with body paintings participating in a tribal dance ceremony, Omo river Valley, Southern Ethiopia





Tribal performer from Mount Hagen at a Sing_sing, Mt Hagen Show, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Oceania





Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea,...
Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Pacific





A Maasai elder herds his cattle near the foothills of Ol doinyo Orok (the Black Mountain).





The adornments of Samburu warriors change from generation to generation. In the 1990's cheap plastic flowers from China becam...
The adornments of Samburu warriors change from generation to generation. In the 1990's cheap plastic flowers from China became fashionable.





Use of tobacco by Fra Bernardino de Sahagun from The Code of Florence ""Historia general de las cosas de Nueva Espana"" in Sp...
Use of tobacco by Fra Bernardino de Sahagun from The Code of Florence ""Historia general de las cosas de Nueva Espana"" in Spanish and Nahuatl, facsimile, 16th century





Tagin Women, Tribes Performing Dance at Namdapha Eco Cultural Festival, Miao, Arunachal Pradesh, India





Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver, Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, totem poles and statue of man





Sunrise, dawn, mesas, King on His Throne, Monument Valley, Navajo Tribal Park, Navajo Nation Reservation, Arizona, Utah, USA





Blacksmith's mask from Bobo Culture, Upper Volta, USA, Florida, Jacksonville, The Museum of Contemporary Art, African Art Col...
Blacksmith's mask from Bobo Culture, Upper Volta, USA, Florida, Jacksonville, The Museum of Contemporary Art, African Art Collection





Indian Mother and Baby. Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953). Oil on canvas laid on masonite. 61 x 51cm





Samburu initiates sing during the month after their circumcision. As their wounds heal, their dances become more energetic. B...
Samburu initiates sing during the month after their circumcision. As their wounds heal, their dances become more energetic. Before long, they imitate the dances of the warriors which, hitherto, they have been forbidden to perform.





Congo, Tribal Peoples, Bapende Tribe Animal Masqueraders Performing Dance At Initiation Ceremony.





Indian Woman Dressing A Buffalo Skin(from "The American Aboriginal Portfolio" by Mary Eastman) 1853 Seth Eastman (1808-1878 A...
Indian Woman Dressing A Buffalo Skin(from "The American Aboriginal Portfolio" by Mary Eastman) 1853 Seth Eastman (1808-1878 American) Newberry Library, Chicago





A Samburu woman wearing a mporro necklace, which denotes her married status. These necklaces were once made of hair from gira...
A Samburu woman wearing a mporro necklace, which denotes her married status. These necklaces were once made of hair from giraffe tails but nowadays, the fibres of doum palm fronds are used instead.





A Kung woman sings and claps her hands to the rhythm of her menfolk. The Kung are San hunter gatherers, often referred to as ...
A Kung woman sings and claps her hands to the rhythm of her menfolk. The Kung are San hunter gatherers, often referred to as Bushmen. The Kung live in the harsh environment of a vast expanse of flat sand and bush scrub country straddling the Namibia Botswana border.





Native man standing at bow of canoe during Tribal Journeys event at the North American Indigenous Games in Duncan.





indigeni batonga, rhodesia del nord, africa 1920 1930. btonga indigenous, rhodesia, africa 1920 1930





Nubian women wear bright dresses and headscarves even though they are Muslims. Many of the older generation have tribal scars...
Nubian women wear bright dresses and headscarves even though they are Muslims. Many of the older generation have tribal scars on their faces.

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