Ritual Collection

Costume design for the ballet The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) by I. Stravinski, 1930. Private Collection

The Girl. Costume design for the ballet The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) by I. Stravinsky, 1912. Found in the collection of the State Central A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow

Vajrakumara (?) and Consort, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Vajrakumara (?) and Consort, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century

Orthodox priest blessing the soil, Russia. A print from Customs of the World, Volume II Hutchinson and Co, Paternoster Row, London

Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. Artist: Baldwin Spencer
Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. For indigenous Australians, the corroboree comes closest to a modern concept of theatre

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

Ultrafashionable lady. Costume design for the ballet The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) by I. Stravinsky, 1912. Found in the collection of the State Central A

Page from the Book of the Dead of Hunefer, from Thebes, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, c1300 BC. The mummy of Hunefer is shown supported by the god or a priest (wearing a jackal mask)

Greek relief of a family sacrificing
Greek relief of a family making an offer at an altar of Zeus. The father is holding a Patera

Fortune telling with wreaths on Trinity Day in Ukraine, 1860. Creator: Timm, Wassili (George Wilhelm) (1820-1895)
Fortune telling with wreaths on Trinity Day in Ukraine, 1860. Private Collection

Midwinter Sacrifice. Creator: Carl Larsson
Midwinter Sacrifice, Unknown date

Ritual Diadem Plaque with a Buddha Surmounting a Skull, 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Ritual Diadem Plaque with a Buddha Surmounting a Skull, 17th century

Dakini on a Gray Dog, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Dakini on a Gray Dog, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century

Ritual Crown, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Ritual Crown, 12th century

Interior of a Mosque at Cordova, c1880. Creator: Edwin Lord Weeks
Interior of a Mosque at Cordova, c1880

Form of Palden Lhamo (?), Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Form of Palden Lhamo (?), Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century

Yellow Yama (?) and Consort on Bull, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Yellow Yama (?) and Consort on Bull, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century

Minamoto no Yorimasa Preparing to Commit Suicide(He is not Danjo Matsunaga Hisahide), 1883
Minamoto no Yorimasa Preparing to Commit Suicide (He is not Danjo Matsunaga Hisahide), 1883. From Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage

Yellow Yami (?) with Spear, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Yellow Yami (?) with Spear, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century

Ritual Pellet Drum, c.18th century. Creator: Unknown
Ritual Pellet Drum, c.18th century

Seal Impression with Shri Lakshmi Lustrated by Elephants (Gaja-Lakshmi), 5th century. Creator: Unknown
Seal Impression with Shri Lakshmi Lustrated by Elephants (Gaja-Lakshmi), 5th century. (To lustrate: to purify by means of religious rituals or ceremonies)

Costumes de Différents Pays, Chef des Patagons, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Chef des Patagons, c1797

Commemoration Thangka for Bhimaratha Rite, between c1850 and c1875. Creator: Anon
Commemoration Thangka for Bhimaratha Rite, between c1850 and c1875

Australian corobboree at Coollaminga; A ride across the frontier of Victoria, 1875. Creator: Philip A. Eagle
Australian corobboree at Coollaminga; A ride across the frontier of Victoria, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Boy with a torch by a wood fire, 1924-1925. Creator: Marius Bauer
Boy with a torch by a wood fire, 1924-1925

Circumcision of Christ, Left Wing of an Altarpiece, on verso is the Virgin from an Annunciation scen Creator
Circumcision of Christ, Left Wing of an Altarpiece, on verso is the Virgin from an Annunciation scene, c.1515-c.1525. Other Title(s): Circumcision of Christ, Left Wing of an Altarpiece

A Nocturnal "Pilou-Pilou" - New Caledonia; Some Account of New Caledonia, 1875. Creator: Unknown
A Nocturnal "Pilou-Pilou" - New Caledonia; Some Account of New Caledonia, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

A Yantra of Mahavira, between 1425 and 1450. Creator: Unknown
A Yantra of Mahavira, between 1425 and 1450

Vajrakumara (?) and Consort, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Vajrakumara (?) and Consort, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century

Blue Deity from Yama's Retinue (?) Riding a Bull, Nyingmapa Buddhist... 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Blue Deity from Yama's Retinue (?) Riding a Bull, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century

Yellow Yami (?) with Spear, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Yellow Yami (?) with Spear, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century

Lustration of a Jina Rishabhanatha (Adinatha), Folio from a Bhaktamara... between c1800 and c1825. Creator: Unknown
Lustration of a Jina Rishabhanatha (Adinatha), Folio from a Bhaktamara Stotra (Hymn of the Immortal Devotee) (image 1 of 6), between c1800 and c1825

Yellow Yama (?) and Consort on Bull, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Yellow Yama (?) and Consort on Bull, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century

Saint Philip Baptizes the Eunuch, 1748. Creator: Jacob de Wit
Saint Philip Baptizes the Eunuch, 1748

Ritual Tube (Cong) with Masks, between c.2600 and c.2400 B.C.. Creator: Unknown
Ritual Tube (Cong) with Masks, between c.2600 and c.2400 B.C

Robert Jacob Gordon at the Kraal of the Khoisan Leaders Gronjam and Doroep, With An Ox Being Slaughtered As A Peace Ritual, 1779

St. Paul, Minn. from the Indian mounds, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
St. Paul, Minn. from the Indian mounds, between 1880 and 1899

Chinese day of sacrifice in Batavia, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Chinese day of sacrifice in Batavia, 1779-1785. Tsingbing Festival. Detail of hats. Paper houses to be burned. High priests in a pagoda. Altar with incense and offerings of pigs heads

Chinese sacrificial ceremony in Batavia, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Chinese sacrificial ceremony in Batavia, 1779-1785. Ceremonies during the Tsingbing Festival. An altar. Man with gong and a burnt offering. Ceremony with major, capitains, lieutenants

"The Jordan" Epiphany Custom at St. Petersburg, 1856. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
"The Jordan" Epiphany Custom at St. Petersburg, 1856. Ceremony...in commemoration of the baptism of Christ, on the 6th of January, on the ice of the Neva

Witches Sabbath, 1636. Creator: Claes Jacobsz van der Heck
Witches Sabbath, 1636. Other Title(s): Allegory on the Vices

On the banks of the Yamuna in Brindaban, Krishna dances with the Gopis, 1800-1825. Creator: Anon
On the banks of the Yamuna in Brindaban, Krishna dances with the Gopis, 1800-1825. On the right pilgrims take a ritual bath

Ritual Slave Party on a Sugar Plantation in Surinam, 1706-1708. Creators: Dirk Valkenburg, Dionys Verburg
Ritual Slave Party on a Sugar Plantation in Surinam, 1706-1708

Ceremony of Scottish Freemasons, 1840-1870. Creator: Unknown
Ceremony of Scottish Freemasons, 1840-1870. Wine and oil are poured onto a stone on which lies corn. The scene takes place on a construction site, with metal girders above

Unveiling tablet commemorating first settelment [sic] of Mass. Bay Colony, Stage Fort... c1907. Creator: Unknown
Unveiling tablet commemorating first settelment [sic] of Mass. Bay Colony, Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, Mass. c1907. Tablet Rock

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

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