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Historical Indigenous Warriors

Engravings of Indigenous warriors from various tribes, displaying traditional attire and weaponry, captured in detailed, historical artistic styles.

Iroquois warrior Date: 1862

WARRIOR OF BLOOD INDIAN TRIBE

Ein Mann vom Stamm der Pöth, Fulani, auch bekannt als Fula oder Peul, große ethnische Gruppe, die hauptsächlich in Westafrika und der Sahelzone beheimatet ist, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903927

Iroquois warrior Date: 1862

Timor island natives, Indonesia, Asia. Old engraving illustration, The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russell Wallace

Pawnee warrior, Native Americans, engraving

This 1840s illustration shows a native of the island of Rote in Indonesia. Rote Island is an island of Indonesia, part of the East Nusa Tenggara province of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Rote Island is part of the area of the world known as Oceania. Oceania is a geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, Oceania has a land area of 8,525,989 square kilometers.

Robert WR Taylor, Cigar Store Indian, c 1940 Cigar Store Indian

Ethel Dougan, Cigar Store Indian, 1937 Cigar Store Indian

Ray Price, Cigar Store Indian, c 1937 Cigar Store Indian

Shore clingfish (1810), 1900, chief of the Eastern Shoshone Indians, noted warrior who united several Shoshone groups around 1840. Furthermore, he was...

Maurice Van Felix and Elizabeth Fairchild, Cigar Store Indian, 1935 1942 Cigar Store Indian

This 1840s illustration shows a native of the island of Rote in Indonesia. Rote Island is an island of Indonesia, part of the East Nusa Tenggara province of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Rote Island is part of the area of the world known as Oceania. Oceania is a geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, Oceania has a land area of 8,525,989 square kilometers.

Estampería popular. Indio sioux, jefe de un poblado. Grabado de 1870.

The Iroqois, or Mohawks, are an Indian tribe of North America, formerly known also under the name of Mengwe, or six nations, inhabiting the country between Montreal and Lake Ontario. Date: 1855

Chief of the Dakota people. Date: 1862

A man in a loincloth is carrying a stick with a cloth and pot. Watercolour.

A Native American, USA, 19th century.Artist: A de Neuville

Richard F Smith, Cigar Store Indian, c 1937 Cigar Store Indian

Richard F Smith, Cigar Store Indian, c 1936 Cigar Store Indian

Young Sioux Squaw”, Book Illustration from Indian Horrors or Massacres of the Red Men”, by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1891

MONTEZUMA II (1467-1520). Aztec king (1502-1520). Portrait of Montezuma II, last Mexican King. Engraving.

Water bearer, Ethiopia. Old 19th century engraved, Narrative of a Journey through Abyssinia by Guillaume Lejean from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

Walter Hochstrasser, Cigar Store Indian, c 1937 Cigar Store Indian

A young native woman

Einar Heiberg, Cigar Store Indian, 1935 1942 Cigar Store Indian

Richard F Smith, Cigar Store Indian, c 1936 Cigar Store Indian

Brahmin caste of Hindu, wearing muslin robes and yellow threads over his shoulder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.

An engraving depicting a Native American Chief. Dated 19th century

Hidatsa warrior wearing ceremonial costume for the Dog Dance. ca 1839-1841.

Arthur Mathews, Cigar Store Indian, c 1937 Cigar Store Indian

An engraving depicting a St Petersburg butcher, with meat and scales on board and knife with steel hanging from the waist. Dated 19th century

Richard F Smith, Cigar Store Indian, 1935 1942 Cigar Store Indian

Types from the kingdom of the Zulus in South Africa, around 1875, a man of the royal bodyguard, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

geography / travel, Argentina, people, indigeneous people, Mapuche, wood engraving, 19th century,

An Egyptian professional singer accompanies herself on the tambourine : her singing will inspire calls of 'Allah preserve your voice !' etc from her audience. Date: 1895

INDIOS DE AMERICA DEL NORTE. "INDIOS DE LAS LLANURAS". Habitantes del centro de los Estados Unidos y el sur del Canadá. Destacan los SIOUX, los CHEYENNES los COMANCHES y los CROW. Grabado de una pintura de Carl Bodmer, siglo XIX. Colección particular.

Desert Arab, 1843, engraving from African Costumes by A, Wahlen, Algeria 19th Century.

Payta-Kootha, a Shawanoe warrior wearing large hoop earrings. The Shawanoe (Shawnee) are native to Oklahoma and an Eastern Woodland tribe.

Warrior from the Akka people with bow and arrow, dwarf people in Central Africa, 1880, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Indian, warrior from the Chippeway tribe, America, 1820 / Indianer, Krieger aus dem Stamm der Chippeway, Amerika, 1820, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

This 1840s illustration shows two Cochinchinese (Vietnamese) a native and a soldier. Cochinchina is the historical name given by foreigners to part ofVietnam, depending on the contexts. Sometimes it referred to the whole of Vietnam, but it was commonly used to refer to the region south of theGianh River.

Helen E Gilman, Cigar Store Indian, c 1937 Cigar Store Indian

Image taken from page 46 of "American Indians" by Frederick Starr, 1899. The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations/Native Americans in North America, with over 200,000 members living in Canada. In the United States, this Algonquian-speaking people historically lived from Lake Superior westward. Today, they live mostly in Montana, where they share a reservation with the Ojibwe (Chippewa). Squaw is an English language loan word whose present meaning is: a Native American Indian woman of North America (regardless of tribe). At present, the term is often held to be offensive. A papoo

'Moowis has melted in the Sun', 1914. The totem of Moowis, made by an Indian brave from rags and animal bones to revenge a maiden whose rejection had cast him into despondency. She married the totem which then melted in the sun. From "The Myths of the North American Indians", by Lewis Spence F.R.A.I. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, Calcutta, Sydney, 1914

America. Mexico. Mexican girl, with "Tolteque-style" robe. 1880. Engraving. 19th century.

Zulu Chief Cetywayo (Cetshwayo), (c. 1826 1884) King of the Zulu Kingdom from 1872 to 1879 and its leader during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. Led the Zulu nation to victory against the British in the Battle of Isandlwana. Date: 1882

Gerald Transpota, Cigar Store Indian, c 1939 Cigar Store Indian

Native indian of Rio Verde, Colombia. Old 19th century engraved illustration. Travel to New Granada by Charles Saffray from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

Eine Frau mit Baby auf dem Rücken vom Stamm der Pöth, Fulani, auch bekannt als Fula oder Peul, große ethnische Gruppe, die hauptsächlich in Westafrika und der Sahelzone beheimatet ist, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903926

Woman from Laos, illustration from 1880 / Frau aus Laos, Illustration aus 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Indian woman preparing thread for the loom, wearing muslin petticoat, jacket and shawl. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.

Kamori king of Diuma, Guinea. Africa. Two campaigns in French Sudan, 1886-1888 by Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849 - 1916) Le Tour du Monde 1890

INDIO DE LAS CERCANIAS DEL RIO VERDE EN COLOMBIA.

Yoholo-Micco. A Creek Chief ca. 1836, Indianer, Historische Indianerstämme aus Nordamerika, Charles Bird King 1785 - 1862, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated

Shawnee Chief Tecumseh,wearing fringed buckskins, a blanket, and feathered turban-like hat. With his brother, the influential 'Prophet', he sought to unite and reform Native Americans west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Mississippi River, from 1800 to his death in 1813. His success in building a multi-tribal confederacy allies with British, helped push the US into declaring war on Great Britain in 1812 (BSLOC_2019_6_44)

Asia. India. Snake charming. Engraving, 19th century. Color.

New Zealand people tattooed Maori warrior from Cooks Rerson copper engraving from 18th century,

Tariq ibn Ziyad (670-722). Muslim General of the Berber tribe of Nafza who led the Muslim conquest of the Visigothic Hispania. Engraving. Colored.

Native American from California who wears furs and carries a spear. Cultural artefacts include ornaments and headdresses. Also includes a cactus, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period.

A Siberian shaman from the Lower Amur, with some of his ritual equipment Date: 1903

'Indian Dancing Girl: The Egg Dance', c1891. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of India Vol. I.", by James Grant. Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York

Qua-Ta-Wa-Pla. A Shawanoe Chief (ca. 1837-1844), Native American, Historical North American Indian Tribes, Charles Bird King (1785, 1862), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Warrior of the Mahdi from Khartoum, warrior from Sudan, 1889, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Borneo: a Dayak warrior, standing holding a spear and a shield. Coloured lithograph by C.F. Kell after Carl Bock.

Samory Toure (1828 - 1900) was a Mandinka Muslim cleric, military strategist, and founder of the Wassoulou Empire. Toure resisted French colonial rule in West Africa from 1882 until his capture in 1898, Guinea. Africa. Two campaigns in French Sudan, 1886-1888 by Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849 - 1916) Le Tour du Monde 1890

Samoyed woman in traditional clothes. The Nenets also known as Samoyed, are a Samoyedic ethnic group native to northern Arctic Russia. The Voyage of La Vega through Asia and Europe by Adolf Erik Nordenskiold 1879-1880, Le Tour du Monde 1882

INDIO IROQUES - NATIVO DE AMERICA DEL NORTE - GRABADO SIGLO XVIII.

Woman of the Tajik people, woman in the 19th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown

Atahualpa (d1553), last Inca emperor of Peru, 1686. Artist: Unknown

Travelling singer, in 1870, Ivory Coast, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Exact date unknown, Africa

Engraving depicting Arpad, the leader of the Magyars. Dated 17th Century

A bearded one-armed beggar in ragged clothes wearing a large rosary with a crucifix. Etching with engraving possibly after J. Callot.

A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a loincloth and carrying two large weights (), one in each hand. Gouache painting, ca. 1880 ().

Tai-O-Mah. A Musquakee Brave (1838), Native American, Historical Native American tribes from North America, Charles Bird King (1785, 1862), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Kee-Shes-Wa, A Fox Chief (1838), Native American, Historical Native American tribes from North America, Charles Bird King (1785, 1862), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Sa Ga Yeath Qua Pieth Tow King of the Maquas (2nd state). 1640 - 1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History, Indians of North America, Indians of North America , New York (State)

Kee-She-Waa. A Fox Warrior 1843, Indian, historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King 1785 - 1862, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

Ma-Has-Kah (1837), Indians, Historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King (1785, 1862), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Woman, Indian from Cuzco, Peru, Women in the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an 18th century original, South America

Native Americans. United State. Chief. Engraving.19th century.

Hindu fakir with one shoe and half a moustache, Calcutta. Coloured etching by Francois Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.

Indian snake charmer

Ainu man of the Kuril Islands (Sakhalin Oblast), Russia, 18th cenutry. He has facial tattoos, embroidered cotton robe, bow and quiver of arrows. Kurilian, Kourilien. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Johann Gottlieb Georgi from J-B. Eyries La Russie: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Russes,Russia: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Russians, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1823. Jean-Baptiste Eyries(1767-1846) was aFrenchgeographer, author and translator.

Beverly Chichester, Cigar Store Indian, c 1938 Cigar Store Indian

Asia. India. Hindu fakir. Engraving, 19th century. Color.

Eugene Croe, Cigar Store Indian, c 1936 Cigar Store Indian

Traditional traditional costume, clothing, a Turkish Graenitz-Bassa around 1700, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, copperplate engraving by Caspar Luyken from 1703, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century model, Asia

Bantu men hairstyles, Manyema. Kigoma region of Western Tanzania, Central Africa. Journey across Africa, from Zanzibar to Benguela by Verney Lovett Cameron

An Indian medicine man or shaman with elaborate body painting performing a ritual dance. Wood engraving.

A woman of the Tuda race of the Nilagiri hills in India, wearing sari, veil, necklace and earrings. Handcoloured lithograph from James Cowles Prichard's Natural History of Man, Balliere, London, 1855.

Portrait of Eugene Collache in samurai attire, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Eugene Collache from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

Samoan warrior from an ethnographic illustration 1850

'The Djangâl, a Savage of the Sirgouja', c1891. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York

Traditional traditional costume, clothing, a Turkish laquaij, lakei, a paid servant in livery, c. 1700, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, copperplate engraving by Caspar Luyken from 1703, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century model, Asia

Chief, Hawaii, 19th century. Artist: Ellis

American 20th Century, Indian Figure, 1935 1942 Indian Figure

Wa-Bish-Kee-Pe-Nas. The White Pigeon. A Chippewa (1837), Indians, Historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King (1785, 1862), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Ah-ton-we-tuck, the Cock Turkey. Original caption: No. 241 - Ah-ton-we-tuck, the Cock Turkey, repeating his prayer from the stick in his hand described in photograph 37-195. From a descriptive catalogue of Catlion's Indian collection containing portraits, landscapes, costumes, etc., of the North American Indians. London 1848.

Monk standing, a rosary with the hand Fran�ois Marius Granet (1775-1849). Standing monk, a rosary in his hand. Ink of China and Lavis on white paper, 1830.

On-sáw-kie, The Sauk, in the Act of Praying. oil on canvas. Date: 1830. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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