EditorialFolding fan with a sheet of ocher-colored paper depicting 'the Sabine maiden's robbery', frame of turtle, with geometric motifs of silver filigree on the outer legs, Folding fan with a single sheet of ocher-colored paper on which in a cartouche 'the Sa...
EditorialChrist, supported by Joseph of Arimathea (?), On a rising ground stands three-quarters to the right, with the right leg tilted forward, a bearded man, Joseph of Arimathea or Nicodemus with both hands the linen cloth, on which lies the dead body of Chri...
EditorialPortable altar Travel altar, triptych, with the Christ standing in the grave between two angels. In closed condition, the altar is rounded from above, opened, it has a niche and a half niche in each wing. In the niche, the half-figure of Christ with cr...
EditorialColoring drawing of a yard with an atap house on which three 'lascorin', a chief in the middle flanked by a gun and a pajung wearer, approach a man with a bun and loincloth. Two women on the right. Part from the sketchbook by Jan Brandes, dl. 1 (1808),...
EditorialMan in loincloth, a box and a mouse, Unclear representation of a kneeling man in loincloth, sliding a box with his foot, a mouse running away., Air (one of the four elements), sea (seascape), nimbus, ie rain clouds, Katsushika Hokusai, Japan, c. 1700 -...
EditorialThe dead Christ between two angels, Christ with loincloth sits on the tomb with the knees slightly to the left and the head in the opposite direction. He is supported by the spread arms by two angels kneeling on the tomb. Behind him the cross wood. The...
EditorialLoincloth Panel. Chancay; Peru, Central coast. Date: 1000-1476. Dimensions: 22.2 x 40.6 cm (8 3/4 x 16 in.). Cotton and wool (camelid), band of plain weave; center of three-color complementary weft weave; tabs of slit tapestry weave with eccentric wrap...
EditorialCostumes of the people of Java, Indonesia. Man in cap and skirt, nobleman in cotton robe with cudgel, woman in sarong, female dancer, and man in loincloth. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern C...
EditorialKanak natives of New Caledonia. Man in loincloth with spear and mace, woman in grass skirt, in front of huts. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy...
EditorialPendant with Reclining Figure, 8th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Maya, Shell, L. 4 1/4 x W. 3 1/4 in. (10.8 x 8.3 cm), Shell-Ornaments, The main motif on this semicircular pendant is a reclining figure partially cut out, and delicately incised on the i...
EditorialCostumes of the people of Java, Indonesia. Man in cap and skirt, nobleman in cotton robe with cudgel, woman in sarong, female dancer, and man in loincloth. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern C...
EditorialKanak natives of New Caledonia. Man in loincloth with spear and mace, woman in grass skirt, in front of huts. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy...
EditorialSioux (Dakota) ball-game players Ah-no-je-nahge, He Who Stands on Both Sides 235 and We-chush-ta-doo-ta, Red Man 236, in bodypaint, loincloth, feather tail and carrying sticks or raquets. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs an...
EditorialChoctaw men in loincloth and tail only playing the ball game similar to lacrosse or hockey. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
EditorialFamily of the extinct Charrua people of Paraguay crossing a river on a hunting trip. The man wears a loincloth and ear piercings, and carries a bow, spear and arrow, and the naked woman carries a stick, bag, and three children. Handcoloured copperplate...
EditorialChoctaw men in loincloth and tail only in a scrum or huddle during the ball game similar to lacrosse or hockey. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
EditorialCostumes of the inhabitants of Santiago, Chile. Men in ceremonial poncho and hat, and a hunter in loincloth with spear. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume An...
EditorialNobles of the Nama (Namaqua) people of South Africa, man in fur cape and loincloth, woman in cape and skirt with necklace. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the ...
EditorialHunters of San Francisco Bay, 19th century. Both wear topknots and earrings, one in a loincloth preparing to fire an arrow, the other with arrows in a quiver made from an animal skin. After Louis Choris' "Tcholovonis a la chasse" from "Voyage Pittoresq...
EditorialNative lady riding in her curtained palkee (palanquin), borne by two servants in loincloth and turban. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.
EditorialFakir or fukeer, begging friar, in muslin loincloth, under an umbrella next to a small shrine decorated with cowrie shells. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.
EditorialEuropean woman in a tonjon, or ladies carriage, carried by Indian bearers in loincloth, and attended by an umbrella carrier. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.
EditorialEgyptian bath with naked male customer being massaged by one attendant in loincloth, while another pours water over his back and a third brings hot coals to heat oils. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergalle...
EditorialTwo female figures, Halaf culture and Late Chalcolithic, around 5000-4500 BCE. The figurine on the left comes from north-east Syria, the one on the right probably from south-east Turkey. Both are fertility figures with large breasts and wide hips. Neck...