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Effigy of a shaman, Haida, Queen charlotte Island.

M0019325EB: Seven carved wood statues representing Oma, a household god: side view

M0017392: Fourteen African statues

M0020295: Display of effigies at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at Wigmore Street, 1913

M0016046: Ancestral anthropomorphic effigy, Tami Islands, New Guinea

The interior of a house on the island of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.

M0018331EB: Carved wooden effigy of a pregnant woman, Ivory Coast: side view

The inside of a hut in a morai, place of burial and worship, in Atooi (Kauai); encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by E. Scott, 1784, after J. Webber.

M0019325EA: Seven carved wood statues representing Oma, a household god: front view

M0016049: Female ancestral effigy, middle Sepik River area, New Guinea

M0017393: Sixteen African statues

M0017394: Five African statues

A procession of officials of the city of London approach the entrance to St James's Palace to present to King George III the petition of the Livery of London. Engraving, 1769.

M0016045: Anthropomorphic effigy, Ulawa, Solomon Islands

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Effigies

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M0020295: Display of effigies at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at Wigmore Street, 1913

A procession of officials of the city of London approach the entrance to St James's Palace to present to King George III the petition of the Livery of London. Engraving, 1769.

M0019325EA: Seven carved wood statues representing Oma, a household god: front view

M0016045: Anthropomorphic effigy, Ulawa, Solomon Islands

M0017393: Sixteen African statues

Effigies

Images from the collections

Images referencing Effigies

Works from the collections

M0020295: Display of effigies at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at Wigmore Street, 1913

A procession of officials of the city of London approach the entrance to St James's Palace to present to King George III the petition of the Livery of London. Engraving, 1769.

M0019325EA: Seven carved wood statues representing Oma, a household god: front view

M0016045: Anthropomorphic effigy, Ulawa, Solomon Islands

M0017393: Sixteen African statues

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