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Sarawak: decorated human skulls hanging in a Kayan house. Photograph.
Reference: 31646i
Ephemera
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The egg story : 6 / [British Egg Information Service].
Date: [1990?]
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Saint Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet with her hair, which she dips in ointment. Engraving by R. White after P. Lombard (?).
Reference: 22629i
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The strangest human sex ceremonies and custom / J. Talalaj & S. Talalaj.
Talalaj, J. (Janusz)Date: 1994
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L'histoire--la vie--les mœurs et la curiosité par l'image, le pamphlet et le document (1450-1900) / [John Grand-Carteret].
John Grand-CarteretDate: 1927-
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A fashionable doctor visiting a fashionable lady patient. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier, 1869.
George du MaurierDate: 1869Reference: 15688i
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Montpellier Spa, Cheltenham. Lithograph by G. Rowe after himself.
George RoweReference: 16618i
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A packed domestic music recital. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Richard DoyleReference: 12157i
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Westerners at Yokohama, Japan, enjoying a lavish tea ceremony as a cellist plays to them. Coloured woodcut by Chikahisa, c. 1865, after Yoshikazu.
Utagawa YoshikazuDate: 1865Reference: 25449i
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A native North American shaman or medicine man healing a patient. Chromolithograph by C. Schuessele after Captain Eastman.
Eastman, Captain.Reference: 21502i
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A Zulu medicine man or shaman performing a ritual to fend off a hailstorm, South Africa. Halftone after Trappist Mission, Natal.
Reference: 21378i
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The smoking room in a gentlemen's club. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Richard DoyleReference: 12159i
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A Zulu medicine man or shaman. Halftone.
Reference: 21344i
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Pour l'aise du corps : confort et plaisirs, médications et rites / Marie-Thérèse Lorcin.
Marie-Thérèse LorcinDate: [1998], ©1998
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Code du cérémonial : guide des gens du monde dans toutes les circonstances de la vie / par Mme la Comtesse de Bassanville.
Anaïs de BassanvilleDate: 1867
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A drunken wet-nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) a drop of alcohol as a horrified Queen Victoria and Prince Albert burst in on the scene. Lithograph.
Reference: 17727i
Pictures
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Sarawak: Murut women at a head feast. Photograph.
Reference: 31397i
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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.
Reference: 21381i
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Äskulap und Venus : eine Kultur- und Sittengeschichte im Spiegel des Arztes / von Eugen Holländer.
Eugen HolländerDate: 1928
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A fashionable outside morning party. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Richard DoyleReference: 12146i
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Primitive Athens as described by Thucydides / by Jane Ellen Harrison.
Jane Ellen HarrisonDate: 1906
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Mœurs, usages et costumes au moyen âge : et à l'époque de la renaissance / par Paul Lacroix ; ouvrage illustré de quinze planches chromolithographiques exécutées par F. Kellerhoven et de quatre cent quarante gravures.
Paul LacroixDate: 1871
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Fifteen vignettes relating to child care, domestic medicine, effects of alcohol and eating. Etching by G. Cruikshank after himself.
George CruikshankReference: 17758i
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Observations on the influence of habits and manners, national and domestic, upon the health and organization of the human race : and particularly on the effect of that influence as it relates to the present state of English females, in the higher and middle classes of life / [Ralph Palin].
Palin, Ralph.Date: 1822
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Two Malayan exorcists dressed in elaborate ritual costume. Halftone after a photograph by Wiele & Klein.
Reference: 21487i

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Sarawak: decorated human skulls hanging in a Kayan house. Photograph.

The egg story : 6 / [British Egg Information Service].

Saint Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet with her hair, which she dips in ointment. Engraving by R. White after P. Lombard (?).

The strangest human sex ceremonies and custom / J. Talalaj & S. Talalaj.

L'histoire--la vie--les mœurs et la curiosité par l'image, le pamphlet et le document (1450-1900) / [John Grand-Carteret].

A fashionable doctor visiting a fashionable lady patient. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier, 1869.

Montpellier Spa, Cheltenham. Lithograph by G. Rowe after himself.

A packed domestic music recital. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

Westerners at Yokohama, Japan, enjoying a lavish tea ceremony as a cellist plays to them. Coloured woodcut by Chikahisa, c. 1865, after Yoshikazu.

A native North American shaman or medicine man healing a patient. Chromolithograph by C. Schuessele after Captain Eastman.

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

The smoking room in a gentlemen's club. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

A Zulu medicine man or shaman. Halftone.

Pour l'aise du corps : confort et plaisirs, médications et rites / Marie-Thérèse Lorcin.

Code du cérémonial : guide des gens du monde dans toutes les circonstances de la vie / par Mme la Comtesse de Bassanville.

A drunken wet-nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) a drop of alcohol as a horrified Queen Victoria and Prince Albert burst in on the scene. Lithograph.

Sarawak: Murut women at a head feast. Photograph.

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.

Äskulap und Venus : eine Kultur- und Sittengeschichte im Spiegel des Arztes / von Eugen Holländer.

A fashionable outside morning party. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

Primitive Athens as described by Thucydides / by Jane Ellen Harrison.

Mœurs, usages et costumes au moyen âge : et à l'époque de la renaissance / par Paul Lacroix ; ouvrage illustré de quinze planches chromolithographiques exécutées par F. Kellerhoven et de quatre cent quarante gravures.

Fifteen vignettes relating to child care, domestic medicine, effects of alcohol and eating. Etching by G. Cruikshank after himself.

Observations on the influence of habits and manners, national and domestic, upon the health and organization of the human race : and particularly on the effect of that influence as it relates to the present state of English females, in the higher and middle classes of life / [Ralph Palin].

Two Malayan exorcists dressed in elaborate ritual costume. Halftone after a photograph by Wiele & Klein.