Rite Collection (page 2)

A Flathead dance, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Flathead dance, c1910. Flathead men dance in front of tepees under pine trees, river in background

Kwahwumhl-Koskimo, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Kwahwumhl-Koskimo, c1914. Dancer wearing raven mask with coat of cormorant skins during the numhlin ceremony

Group of Winter Dancers-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Group of Winter Dancers-Qagyuhl, c1914. Ceremonial dancers, in a circle during the Winter Dance ceremony, wearing masks and garments of fur, feathers, and other materials

Hindoo Funeral Rites in Calcutta, c1891. Creator: James Grant
Hindoo Funeral Rites in Calcutta, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

Pontifical from Vic, manuscript on parchment made in the scriptorium of the Cathedral of Vic, first half of the 12th century

An unusual sight in Paris, 1914. Conducting a funeral service according to Mohammedan rites over the coffin of an Algerian sharp-shooter who had died in Paris

La Fiesta De Venus, (The Worship of Venus), 1518-1519, (c1934). Artist: Titian
La Fiesta De Venus, (The Worship of Venus), 1518-1519, (c1934). Depicts a Roman rite of worship conducted in honour of the goddess Venus each 1 April

Burial of a Laplander / A Laplander in a trance with a magical drum on his back before he forete Artist: Claude Dubosc
Burial of a Laplander / A Laplander in a trance with a magical drum on his back before he foretels future events, 1726. The Sami people (traditionally known in English as Laplanders)

Jews taking the blood from christian children for their mystic rites, 1849. Artist: A Bisson
Jews taking the blood from christian children for their mystic rites, 1849. A 19th century version of an original manuscript illustration in the Cabala of Abraham the Jew

Hindu Fakirs practicing their superstitious rites, 19th century. Artist: Bell
Hindu Fakirs practicing their superstitious rites, 19th century. A fakir is a Sufi or Hindu ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic

Laszlo Hunyadi on the Bier, 1859. Artist: Viktor Madarasz
Laszlo Hunyadi on the Bier, 1859. Located in the collection at, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

Roman stucco of Dionysiac rites, 1st century BC
Roman stucco of Dionysiac rites from the Villa Farnese, Rome. On the left is the half-drunken Silenus, a woman before an altar, and a youth playing double-pipes, 1st century BC

Mycenaean gold signet ring picturing a fertility rite, 13th century BC
Mycenaean gold signet ring from Tiryns, picturing a fertility rite. A lion headed genii hold libations in front of a goddess who holds a stemmed chalice

Scythian plaque showing two men drinking from a horn, 4th century BC
Scythian gold plaque showing two men drinking from a horn, probably as part of a blood-brother rite. From Kul Oba in South Russia, now in the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg

Babylonian terracotta plaque showing ritual fornication associated with fertility rites and cult of Ishtar/Astarte), currently at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum

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

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

Human sacrifice, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, 1912. Decapitation of a victim tied to a stake in front of the image of a Voodoo god during a Voodoo ceremony

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