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A Kandyan shaman in full costume. Process print.

An African medicine man or shaman applying the technique of cupping to a patient (using animal horns), which involves drawing blood to the surface of the body. Watercolour.

A Navajo medicine man. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, 1904.

An African shaman and rain-maker in his/her ritual costume. Wood engraving.

A Maiduguri medicine man or shaman, Nigeria. Halftone after a photograph attributed to O.S.M. Temple.

A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.

South Africa: a Zulu medicine man. Photograph by L. Cipriani.

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

Shamans : Siberian spirituality and the western imagination / Ronald Hutton.

A Native American medicine man. Oil painting.

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A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.

South Africa: a Zulu medicine man. Photograph by L. Cipriani.

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

Shamans : Siberian spirituality and the western imagination / Ronald Hutton.

A Native American medicine man. Oil painting.