Period Photos of People with Ethnographic Arms

[rickystl]

Morocco:

[Luc LEFEBVRE]

recent find

[RhysMichael]

Some from Wilfred Thesiger's photos from his "Travels in Arabia"
Some I have posted in other theads also but adding them here so they can be found easily

[RhysMichael]

1)Rani (Female Patron of Village) with Tattoo and Face Paint Of Lingchong (Black Resin) and Wearing Silver Ear Plugs and Tibetan Ornaments; Her Husband Wearing Tibetan Felt Hat and Carrying Tibetan Sword; Both in Costume from Monpa People 1954
Place of creation: India Assam/Nefa/Arunachal Pradesh/Kameng FD Jamiri Village

2)Goan Burah, Headman of Village, in Costume with Tibetan Hat, Red Coat (Insignia of his Post), and Sword in Bamboo Scabbard 1954
Place of creation: India Assam/Nefa/Arunachal Pradesh/Kameng FD Buragaon Village

Both Elwin, Verrier photographer

[RhysMichael]

Man in Traditional Ceremonial War Costume with Woven Cane Shield and Sword 1954
Place of creation: India Assam/Meghalaya

weapon: Assam steel sword ( An Illustrated Book of Indian Arms, W. Egerton, page 84, Fig. 19, # 199. )

[Spunjer]

Where: Jolo, Sulu
When: 7/16/2013
Who: random older gentleman strolling by Abdusakur Tan Square (a local park)
Weapons visible: A barung

[Norman McCormick]

Afghan policemen, Kabul, 1879.

[Norman McCormick]

Waziri tribesman, 1919.

[Mercenary]

Peasant. Nuwakot, Nepal, 1966

[Mercenary]

South Africa

[BANDOOK]

RAJPUTS WITH MUSKETS AND DHAL SHIELDS,RAJASTHAN,INDIA

[BANDOOK]

[RAJAH OF KARURTALAH,PUNJAB-1857,INDIA

[BANDOOK]

SIKHS WARRIORS/OFFICERS ,PUNJAB,INDIA

[BANDOOK]

WAZARISTAN,NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVENCE

[BANDOOK]

COORG MAN WITH KATHI AND MUSKET,KARNATAKA,INDIA

[Ren Ren]

Nias island, Indonesia

[DaveA]

Great photo.

Now I wonder what they were doing with that huge stone!

Here are a couple of other Nias warrior pictures. I apologize if they are duplicates.

B/r,

Dave A.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by DaveA

Now I wonder what they were doing with that huge stone!

This stones are ceremonial, only the young men who are able to jump over such a stone can become a warrior. This ceremony is living still today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1TtMN8nXTM

Regards,
Detlef

[Ren Ren]

Thank you, Detlef!

Very interesting tradition!

Regards,
Serge

[estcrh]

Photographs of Indian armor being worn are rare, I just found this example.

Kishan Singhji, Rawat of Bijolia c1870s, wearing full protective armour, gold damascened 4-piece char aina cuirass body armour, secured with leather straps, ensuite damascened dastana arm guards with mail gauntlets, padded shoulder protective epaulettes, kula khud helmet with camail and sliding nasal, surmounted by horse hair spray and peacock feather finial, and jewelled necklaces with pendants and he carries the traditional Rajput tulwar sword.

[BANDOOK]

A NAWAB SAHEB WITH HIS ATTENDANTS

[Iain]

Tuaregs with a telek arm dagger clearly showing.

[Iain]

Series with Tuaregs in Paris in 1909.

[Ren Ren]

Of course, this is the director's staging of the photographer. But were very expressive photos.

[TVV]

A native soldier in Italian service in Italian Somaliland, so probably from the 1930s. Note the small billao behind the ammo pouches.

[mahratt]

Turkomans from Merv and Akhal-Teke.

[mahratt]

Turkmens (Tekins).

[David]

I haven't gone through the entire thread to see if this was covered already, but this is identified as an Onna-Bugeish, a female warrior of the Japanese nobility.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onna-bugeisha

[mahratt]

Circassian

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by mahratt

Circassian

Pictures from a Circassian charity event, 1908.

Circassian Cultural Charity Evening, Krasnodar, 18 January 1908.

Following devastating floods in the Kuban Region in Western Circassia in the winter of 1907/1908, the newly-formed Circassian Charity Society in Ekaterinodar [present-day Krasnodar], composed of well-off and intellectual local Circassians, organised a charity event on 18 January 1908 to raise money to help the victims of the floods and alleviate their ordeal.

The event was highly publicized and the famous Russian photographer Semen Afanasevich Shavlovsky [Семен Афанасьевич Шавловский] was engaged to document the proceedings in "living pictures". The event was well attended, and the organisers, including Prince Sultan Dovlet-Girey, managed to raise more than 2,000 roubles, a handsome sum at the time.