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Natural symbols : explorations in cosmology / Mary Douglas.
Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007.Date: 1996
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The archetypal actions of ritual : a theory of ritual illustrated by the Jain rite of worship / Caroline Humphrey and James Laidlaw.
Humphrey, Caroline.Date: 1994
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Shaman's mask with human features and a removable bird's beak. Haida people, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada
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Human skull inscribed with prayers for the deceased. Collected by Robert Baden Powell's Asante (Ghana) expedition 1895
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Human skull with painted features and cowrie shell eyes. The hair is real. Said to have been used in rituals associated with ancestor worship. Papua New Guinea
Digital Images
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Human skull inscribed with prayers for the deceased. Collected by Robert Baden Powell's Asante (Ghana) expedition 1895
Pictures
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Four Kenyan shaman or medicine men dressed in ceremonial costume, South east Asia. Halftone.
Reference: 21495i
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Human skull inscribed with prayers for the deceased. Collected by Robert Baden Powell's Asante (Ghana) expedition 1895
Pictures
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A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting, Worgaia, Central Australia. Process print.
Reference: 21428i
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Peruvian mummified male, c.1200-1400
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Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing
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India and beyond : aspects of literature, meaning, ritual and thought essays in honour of Frits Staal / edited by Dick van der Meij.
Date: 1997
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A Shuar shrunken head (tsantsa) from Ecuador with a stitched mouth and feather headdress.
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Limestone human-headed canopic jar, used to house removed stomach, liver, lungs and intestines, each organ assigned to a different jar, from a mummified Egyptian body. This jar represent Imsety, one of the four sons of Horus, and is the guardian for the liver.
Digital Images
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Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing
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
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Burial of the dead in the graveyard of a parish church. Etching by James Taylor.
Reference: 44191i
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A Shuar shrunken head (tsantsa) from Ecuador with a stitched mouth and feather headdress.
Digital Images
Online
Human skull inscribed with prayers for the deceased. Collected by Robert Baden Powell's Asante (Ghana) expedition 1895
Digital Images
Online
Peruvian mummified male, c.1200-1400
Books
The materiality of magic : an artefactual investigation into ritual practices and popular beliefs / edited by Ceri Houlbrook & Natalie Armitage.
Date: 2015
Books
Symbol and theory : a philosophical study of theories of religion in social anthropology / John Skorupski.
Skorupski, John, 1946-Date: 1976
Digital Images
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Peruvian mummified male, c.1200-1400
Pictures
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A medicine or shaman adorned with white paint, standing above a sick man trying to drive away the disease. Halftone.
Reference: 21329i
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A shaman banging a drum and dancing invoke spirits to cure a sick man. Engraving by S. Davenport.
Reference: 21409i