Ritual Collection (page 3)

Oraibi snake dance, 1904, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Oraibi snake dance, 1904, c1905. Hopi Indians, Arizona, in snake ceremony, with pueblo and onlookers in background

Hu Kalowa Pi-Removes the covering, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hu Kalowa Pi-Removes the covering, c1907. Interior of tepee, man kneeling on ground remouving buffalo hide around skull on ground, another male behind altar warming hands by fire

Gusinoozersk Datsan Khamba Lama (abbot (1)), lamas and lama musicians... 1880-1889. Creator: Peter Adamovich Milevskiy
Gusinoozersk Datsan Khamba Lama (abbot (1)), lamas and lama musicians. During the service, Khamba Lama holds a honkho in his hands, that is, a bell and a vachir (2)

Lamas in masks and costumes participating in a religious dance (tsam)... 1880-1889. Creator: Peter Adamovich Milevskiy
Lamas in masks and costumes participating in a religious dance (tsam) in the Gusinoozersk datsan during the annual holiday in honor of dokshits (idols). Note

Shaman and shamanka, 1862. Creator: Karlis Huns
Shaman and shamanka, 1862. Sheet 54 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1

Tungus Shaman Woman, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Tungus Shaman Woman, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches, 1796. Creator: Henry Fuseli
The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches, 1796

A circle of witches dancing beneath a full Moon, 19th or early 20th century. Artist
A circle of witches dancing beneath a full Moon, 19th or early 20th century. Illustration from a collection of Chapbooks on esoterica

A witch-doctor, Uganda, Africa, 1936. Artist: Wide World Photos
A witch-doctor, Uganda, Africa, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

The Devil Speaks (Mahna No Varua Ino), from Fragrance (Noa Noa), 1893-94. 1893-94
The Devil Speaks (Mahna No Varua Ino), from Fragrance (Noa Noa), 1893-94. Tahitian ritual upa upa dance held in secret, in defiance of colonial authority

Semik (the seventh Thursday after Easter) in Ukraine, Mid of the 19th century. Found in the Collection of Museum of History and Art, Yegoryevsk

A witch doctor, Belgian Congo (Congo Republic), 1922. Artist: JH Harris
A witch doctor, Belgian Congo (Congo Republic), 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

High priests, showing the ephod and linen robes, (c1880). The ephod was a ritual garment in the form of a breastplate, worn by Israelite (later Jewish) high priests of the Old Testament era

Stage design for the ballet The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) by I. Stravinsky. From a private collection

Baptism of Jesus by St John the Baptist, 1305. Artist: Simeon Artchichetski
Baptism of Jesus by St John the Baptist, 1305. After an Armenian Evangelistary, a book containing parts of the Christian Gospels which was used during the liturgy

Ring of Brodgar, Megalithic Stone Circle, c. 3rd millennium BC, Stenness, Orkney, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Ring of Brodgar, Megalithic Stone Circle, c3rd millennium BC, Stenness, Orkney, 20th century. A Neolithic henge and stone circle near Stromness in Orkney, Scotland

Iroquois false-face mask which belonged to a member of the False Face Band
North American Indian artifact, belonging to an Iroquois society known as the False-Face Band in which each member had to have seen such a face in a dream. It was used to cure diseases

Aztec temple sacrifice. From the Codex Magliabicciano, Museo de America, Madrid

Reconstruction of the Bull-leaping fresco from the Minoan Royal palace at Knossos. Bull-leaping was believed to have a ritual purpose

Incense over a medicine bundle, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Incense over a medicine bundle, c1908. Hidatsa Indian (Yellow Owl?) kneeling and holding bowl over bundle

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

Waiting in the forest-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Waiting in the forest-Cheyenne, c1910. Cheyenne man, standing in forest, is covered with white blanket except for eyes and nose, hoping to meet his girlfriend

Hu Kalowa Pi, the altar complete, 1907, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hu Kalowa Pi, the altar complete, 1907, c1907. Three Native Americans, Slow Bull, Saliva, and Picket Pin, kneeling with bison skull

Nuhlimahla-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nuhlimahla-Qagyuhl, c1914. Person wearing ceremonial mask of the Nuhlimahla during the during the Winter Dance ceremony. These characters impersonated fools

Yeibichai sweat-Navaho, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yeibichai sweat-Navaho, c1905. Three Navajo men, seated, watching over a man covered with a blanket(?) anchored by sticks with feathers attached

Tablita dance-San Ildefonso, 1905, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tablita dance-San Ildefonso, 1905, c1905. Tewa Indians dancing outside of adobe buildings

Meditation (Cheyenne River Medicine Rock), 1907, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Meditation (Cheyenne River Medicine Rock), 1907, c1907. Indian smoking pipe on flat rock

A Forest Festival; A Trip up the Trombetas, 1875. Creator: Unknown
A Forest Festival; A Trip up the Trombetas, 1875. [Indigenous people from the Trombetas River region of the Amazon in South America]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

The Seaweed-gathering Ritual in Nagato Province (Nagato mekari no shinji), from the... c. 1834 / 35
The Seaweed-gathering Ritual in Nagato Province (Nagato mekari no shinji), from the series " Famous Places in the Provinces (Shokoku meisho)", c. 1834/35

Mirror with Frame, Late Roman-Byzantine Period (4th-7th century). Creator: Unknown
Mirror with Frame, Late Roman-Byzantine Period (4th-7th century)

Ritual Flask, 6th-7th century AD. Creator: Unknown
Ritual Flask, 6th-7th century AD

Men up for Marriage. Creator: Dorte Verner
Men up for Marriage

The Stafford Altar Frontal, England, 1620 / 40 (appliqued areas: late 17th century)
The Stafford Altar Frontal, England, 1620/40 (appliqued areas: late 17th century)

Chalice Cover, France, c. 1750. Creator: Unknown
Chalice Cover, France, c. 1750

Burse, France, c. 1750. Creator: Unknown
Burse, France, c. 1750

Altar Frontal, France, 1700 / 25. Creator: Unknown
Altar Frontal, France, 1700/25

Altar Frontal, Italy, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Altar Frontal, Italy, 18th century

Jar in the Form of an Ancient Bronze Container (lei), Warring States Period (475-221 B. C)
Jar in the Form of an Ancient Bronze Container (lei), Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.)

Ritual Wash Basin, 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Ritual Wash Basin, 16th century

Tantric Deities Hevajra and Nairatmya in Ritual Embrace (Yab-Yum), c. 1600

Burning Maple Leaves to Heat Sake, c. 1768. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
Burning Maple Leaves to Heat Sake, c. 1768

Lotus-Shaped Altar Bowl Stand, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Lotus-Shaped Altar Bowl Stand, 18th century

Mahna no varua ino (The Devil Speaks), from the Noa Noa Suite, 1893/94, printed and published in 1921

The Covenant, from Illustrations of the Bible, 1832. Creator: John Martin
The Covenant, from Illustrations of the Bible, 1832

Mahna no varua ino (The Devil Speaks), from the Noa Noa Suite, 1893 / 94
Mahna no varua ino (The Devil Speaks), from the Noa Noa Suite, 1893/94

Kundika bottle, Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918-1392). Creator: Unknown
Kundika bottle, Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918-1392)

Phiale (Shallow Bowl for Pouring Ritual Libations), 300-250 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Phiale (Shallow Bowl for Pouring Ritual Libations), 300-250 BCE

Ritual Cache, 1300 / 1400. Creator: Unknown
Ritual Cache, 1300/1400. Carved ceremonial objects of a man, woman, snake, curved sticks, and cougar, used for communion with the spirits of the earth and sky. Salado branch of the Mogollon, Arizona

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