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Necklaces

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Jewelry

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Images from the collections

Images about Necklaces

12 images from works
  • A Zulu medicine man or shaman performing a ritual to fend off a hailstorm, South Africa. Halftone after Trappist Mission, Natal.
  • A Niam-Niam medicine man or shaman, equatorial Africa. Halftone after R. Buchta.
  • A Liberian medicine man or shaman, West Africa. Halftone.
  • A Niam-Niam medicine man or shaman, equatorial Africa. Halftone after R. Buchta.
  • A man of the Konyak Naga tribe, with a necklace indicating that he has cut off a man's head. Photograph by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, ca. 1937.
  • A Ntumbasee medicine man or shaman in full costume. Halftone.
  • A man of the Konyak Naga tribe, with plugs distorting his ears and a necklace indicating the number of heads he has cut off. Photograph.
  • A Zulu medicine man or shaman performing a ritual to fend off a hailstorm, South Africa. Halftone after Trappist Mission, Natal.
  • Various gold trinkets, pieces of gold jewelry, gold amulets, stools, gold nuggets and scales for measuring gold. Engraving.
  • A group of Bundu female dancers all wearing necklaces of beads which are filled with medicines. Halftone after a photograph by T.J. Alldridge.
  • A Gazaland medicine man or shaman, equatorial Africa. Halftone after Dudley Kidd.
  • A Dayak shaman or medicine man holding a flaming torch and some charms. Wood engraving.

Works from the collections

15 works

    • Pictures
    • Online

    A Liberian medicine man or shaman, West Africa. Halftone.

    | Reference: 21322i
    • Pictures

    A young Algerian woman posing outside, leaning against a carved door.

    Michel, Eugÿene | Date: [approximately 1900] | Reference: 538840i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
    • Pictures

    A young woman wearing a crown is dressed by three maids, one of whom prepares to adorn her with a necklace; she is watched by a seated man on the left. Stipple engraving, 17--.

    | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 3039104i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A Zulu medicine man or shaman performing a ritual to fend off a hailstorm, South Africa. Halftone after Trappist Mission, Natal.

    | Reference: 21325i
    • Ephemera

    Most extraordinary discovery : Pulvermacher's patent portable hydro-electric voltaic chain / Charles Meinig.

    Meinig, Charles. | Date: [1852?]
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Related topics

Ethnology
Manners and customs
Medicine, Traditional
Shamans
Physicians
Costume
Headgear
Jewelry
Huts
Ceremonial Behavior

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