EditorialStructures of the Native Americans and Canadians. A Canadian loghouse at right and hut or Vig-Wam (wigwam) at left. Man smoking a pipe watching a pot on a fire, with fish and birds hanging above, musket at left. Couple with baby in papoose. Casa Canadi...
EditorialTicuna people celebrating a birth. They wear masks made of tree bark representing the demon Jurupari, forest animals, birds and Native people of Brazil wearing masks, circa 1800. Selvaggi del Brasile mascherati. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after...
EditorialDance of the Powhatan Native Americans of Carolina within a circle of totem poles. (Based on Captain White's drawing of the Algonquian dance in Virginia.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A. Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes...
EditorialCostumes of Native Americans of Canada, wooden houses, hunters with bow and arrows, baby in papoose. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
EditorialChieftains of various Florida Native American nations leading an army of warriors and archers to battle (including Timucuan chief Utina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberto Freschi from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all th...
EditorialNative Americans of Nootka Sound bringing kayaks and fishing boats to shore in front of large houses of cedar wood. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, ...
EditorialWilliam Penn and Native Americans at the foundation of Philadelphia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso after the painting William Penn's Treaty with the Indians by Benjamin West from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Pe...
EditorialWedding dance of the Iroquois, Native Americans of Canada. The bride and groom dance on a mat holding a long stick as they recite their vows, before breaking the stick. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and M...
EditorialThe tall Tehuelche people of Patagonia exchanging gifts with short European colonist. The Native Americans wear feather headdresses and fur cloaks. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All ...
EditorialOrnaments of the Native Americans of Virginia (Powhatan) worn in a dance: belts 1,2,3, girdle of Thevetia ahouai kernels 4, bead necklaces 5,6,7, feather headdresses 8,9, apron 10 and shirt 11. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's ...
EditorialNative American (Timucuan) village in Florida, protected by a stockade of wooden poles. From an illustration by John White. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the W...
EditorialNative Americans of Nootka. Nootka man with tattooed brow and nose ring, men and women in woven hats, animal-skin cloaks, earrings and facial piercings, and baby in papoose. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and...
EditorialNative American making an offering at a shrine to the Powhatan god Okeus (Okee) in Virginia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
EditorialChristopher Columbus giving hawks' bells to the Taino people, the first Native Americans he encountered in 1492 and later conquered and enslaved. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the ...
EditorialCostumes of Native Americans of Canada, hunters with muskets, men in capes, tunics and trousers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
EditorialNative American fishing boats in front of New Eddystone Rock, a pillar of basalt in Alaska. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
EditorialNative American (Timucuan) tattooed chief in painted deerskin robe accompanied by his wives in necklaces and sashes, and two servant boys with fans. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of...
EditorialNative Americans of Guayaquil, Ecuador, on a raft with sail. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842.
EditorialNative Americans of Carolina in capes, shawls and skirts, men with bows and arrows, women with necklaces and tattoos in summer dress. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of t...
EditorialNative Americans grilling and roasting fish, boiling meat with hominy, and a couple seated on a mat eating from a plate between their legs. From illustrations by John White. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and...
EditorialNative American village on the banks of the Nootka Sound, with totem pole, farms, and fishing boats. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
EditorialFrench actress and dancer Celine Celeste as the Native American huntress Miami in John Baldwin Buckstone "The Green Bushes," 1845. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's "Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates," Lond...
EditorialPair of Moccasins, ca. 1850, Canada, Quebec, Huron, Native-tanned skin, wool, cotton, silk, glass, H. 3 1/4 x L. 9 1/2 in. (8.3 x 24.1 cm), Beads-Costumes.
EditorialBag, 1810?30, United States, Wisconsin, Potawatomi or Menominee, Native-tanned skin, quill, wool, pigment, H. 9 3/4 x W. 7 1/2 in. (24.8 x 19.1 cm), Hide-Costumes.
EditorialTobacco Bag, 1860?70, Canada, Alberta or Saskatchewan, Assiniboine, Native-tanned skin, glass, wool, H. 32 x W. 6 1/2 in. (81.3 x 16.5 cm), Beads-Costumes.