Initiation Collection

The Duk Duk society, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, 1920. Young men being initiated before they can marry. The Duk Duk is a secret society of the Tolai people of the Rabaul area of New

The Induction of a New Member into the Band of Northern Painters in Rome, c.1660. Creator: Anon
The Induction of a New Member into the Band of Northern Painters in Rome, c.1660

Esquisse pour l'église Sainte-Elisabeth : Les sept Sacrements, 1844. Creator: Paul Jourdy
Esquisse pour l'eglise Sainte-Elisabeth : Les sept Sacrements, 1844. The seven sacraments. The sacraments of initiation: Baptism, Confirmation

Sons of Neptune Shaving a Landsman!, published March 4, 1817. Creator: Isaac Robert Cruikshank
Sons of Neptune Shaving a Landsman!, published March 4, 1817

Hamatsa emerging from the woods-Koskimo, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hamatsa emerging from the woods-Koskimo, c1914. Hamatsa shaman, three-quarter length portrait, seated on ground in front of tree, facing front

Yeibichai initiation outdoors, 1904, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yeibichai initiation outdoors, 1904, c1905. Group of Indians, most on horseback, watching initiation of young Indian man

Mask, Nigeria, Late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Mask, Nigeria, Late 19th century

The Last Race, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony, 1832. Creator: George Catlin
The Last Race, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony, 1832

Mandan Ceremony - The Water Sinks Down, 1861 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
Mandan Ceremony - The Water Sinks Down, 1861/1869. Initiation ceremony in the medicine lodge

Plate 70 from Los Caprichos : Devout Profession (Devota profesion. ), 1799
Plate 70 from Los Caprichos : Devout Profession (Devota profesion.), 1799

Initiation Cards (Tsakalis), early 15th century. Creator: Unknown
Initiation Cards (Tsakalis), early 15th century

George III and Queen Charlotte at Eton Montem, 1778, (1911). Creator: Unknown
George III and Queen Charlotte at Eton Montem, 1778, (1911). George III at Eton Montem for the initiation ceremony of new boys, a custom which ended in 1847

Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony near Brunswick, Maryland, USA, c1920s(?). Artist
Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony near Brunswick, Maryland, USA, c1920s(?). The second incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1915

Assembly of Freemasons before the initiation of a master, c1733. From The Ceremonies of Religion and Custom, c1733

Assembly of Freemasons to initiate an apprentice, c1733. From The Ceremonies of Religion and Custom, c1733

At Welsh National Eisteddfod, Swansea, 1926 (1937). The Duke and Duchess of York were initiated into the fraternity of the Gorsedd of Bards on 3 August 1926 at the Royal Welsh National Eisteddfod

Crossing the Line, 1927 (1937). During the Duke and Duchess of Yorks journey to Australia and New Zealand on board HMS Renown in 1927

Initiation into the Order of Knighthood, 1905. Artist: HMP
Initiation into the Order of Knighthood, 1905. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. I. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

Basuto girl brides during a period of initiation into the adult tribal society, Lesotho, 1922
Basuto girl brides during a period of initiation into the adult tribal society, Lesotho, Africa, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past

Fresco Detail, Initiate Making an Offering, 1st Century BC. The Catechism with a Young Girl Reading and the Initiate Making an Offering, Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii

Mask used in initiation ceremony from Kuba, Zaire
Mask used in initiation ceremony: from Kuba, Zaire. The Kuba Kingdom, also rendered as the Kingdom of the Bakuba or Bushongo, was a pre-colonial kingdom in Central Africa

Roman wallpainting from Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, 1st century. Detail illustrates the rites of initiation of brides into the cult of Dionysus

Fresco from the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, c1st century BC-1st century AD
Fresco from the Villa of the Mysteries, dedicated to the rites of Dionysius, Pompeii, Italy, c1st century BC-1st century AD

Greek relief, Agamemnon seated left with Talthybis and Epeios, c5th century BC. Fragment of a relief, maybe the armrest from the throne of a cult statue

Wall-paintings from the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, 1st century
Wall-paintings from the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii, showing scenes of initiation into the rites of Dionysus, 1st century

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