Left: Utagawa Hiroshige. Maple Trees at Mama, Tekona Shrine and Linked Bridge (Mama no momiji Tekona no yashiro Tsugihashi), no. 94 from 100 Famous Views of Edo, 1st month of 1857. Woodblock print. Brooklyn Museum; Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.94. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Right: Utagawa Hiroshige. Minowa, Kanasugi, Mikawashima (Minowa Kanasugi Mikawashima), no. 102 from 100 Famous Views of Edo, 5th month of 1857. Woodblock print. Brooklyn Museum; Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.102. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Portrait of a group of Yidinjdji men and boys standing out of doors, holding spears, boomerangs and shields, one man is lying on the ground holding a shield, one man is wearing a neck ornament, all have designs painted onto their bodies; North Queensland, Australia.
Black and white photograph, gelatin silver print. Photographed by A Atkinson, 1893. Oc,B73.33
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Anonymous 16th century Portuguese illustration from the codex known as the Códice Casanatense, or Casanata Codex. The inscription reads: "Gentile people from the Kingdom of Malacca they are called Malayos". Circa 1540. Album di disegni, illustranti usi e costumi dei popoli d'Asia e d'Africa con brevi dichiarazioni in lingua portoghese, Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome