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  • A Portugese Jewish circumcision ceremony. Engraving, 1741, after B. Picart, 1722.
  • Different signs used during the pooja ceremonies and morning devotions. Lithograph.
  • A Chinese bridal ceremony. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • Initiation? ceremony, Magdalenian. Nine partially clothed women and one young man.
  • Egypt: ceremonies of the cult of Isis. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.
  • Egypt: ceremonies of the cult of Isis. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.
  • Doctors receiving their degrees in a degree ceremony, Edinburgh. Wood engraving, 1845.
  • Doctors receiving their degrees in a degree ceremony, Edinburgh. Wood engraving, 1845.
  • A 'Yebichai Sweat' Navajo medicine ceremony. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, 1904.
  • The ceremonies of a papal funeral. Etching by Picart after himself, 1724.
  • Kirikoraha ceremony. The shaman possessed by Bilindi Yaka promises good hunting (henebedda).
  • The funeral ceremony of the Earl of Beaconsfield in 1881. Wood engraving, 1881.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the ceremony of immersion. Pencil drawing by R. Cleaver.
  • The dance of death: the academic degree ceremony. Etching by R. Dagley, 182-.
  • The funeral ceremony of Charles Darwin at Westminster Abbey, 26 April 1882. Wood engraving.
  • Henry Solomon Wellcome speaking at the cornerstone ceremony for the Wellcome Building. Photograph, 1931.
  • Kirikoraha ceremony. The shaman tracking the Sambar (henebedda). The shaman shoots the sambar (henebedda).
  • The funeral ceremonies for the Duke of Wellington inside St. Paul's Cathedral in 1852. Lithograph.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: immersion ceremony at the Holy Well. Wood engraving by H. Lanos.
  • Siam (Thailand): the tonsurate ceremony of Prince Chulalongkorn, day 2. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Siam (Thailand): the tonsurate ceremony of Prince Chulalongkorn, day 2. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Siam (Thailand): the tonsurate ceremony of Prince Chulalongkorn, day 1. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Siam (Thailand): the tonsurate ceremony of Prince Chulalongkorn, day 1. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Kirikoraha ceremony. The shaman examines the offering of coconut milk (henebedda) racks the sambar (henebedda).
  • A Chinese ceremony with tea and rice bowls. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • Instruments and sacred objects to perform a Jewish circumcision ceremony. Engraving, 1741, after B. Picart, 1725.
  • Instruments and sacred objects to perform a Jewish circumcision ceremony. Engraving, 1741, after B. Picart, 1725.
  • Ladies and gentlemen at Bath brawling over the election of the Master of ceremonies. Engraving, 1769.
  • Two Australian aborigines performing a ceremony with a magical stick to make another person ill. Halftone.
  • Opening ceremony for a new operating theatre at the London Hospital. Drawing by G.K. Jones, 1892.