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  • Kirikoraha ceremony. The shaman examines the offering of coconut milk (henebedda) racks the sambar (henebedda).
  • 'Tight-lacing' in New Guinea. A boy of the Mekeo district who has passed through initiation ceremonies and is of an age to marry.
  • Bomvana Abakweta Dancing
  • Prehistoric, rock engraving of man and ostriches.
  • A Tinguian making an offering to the guardian stones. The stones, in which the guardian spirits are supposed to live, are, before certain ceremonies, tied up with bark-like bands and rubbed with oil. Then the blood for a pig is mixed with rice which is scattered before them.
  • Kirikoraha ceremony. The shaman possessed by Bilindi Yaka promises good hunting (henebedda).
  • Bomvana Abakweta, Bomvanalang
  • Clay figure of Ale in a Mbari shrine, Oratta Ibo
  • Kirikoraha ceremony. The shaman about to spin the pot (henebedda).
  • Bomvana Abakweta being painted, Bomvanalang
  • Photograph of a Medicine man, Atna-Indianer
  • Parts of 3 woven grass mats, patterned.
  • Woven mat, strips joined by bands in colour, Zaire.
  • Woven grass mat with stripes in colours, Zaire. ExPareyn Collection.
  • Effigy, Nigeria, Anua Uyo district.
  • Silhouettes of hands on wall of cave showing mutilation...and Virchow's figures showing mutilated hands of Bushmen.
  • Wooden head beaker, Congo, Africa.
  • Effigy, Nigeria, Anua Uyo district.
  • Wooden head cup, Kasai, Congo, Africa.
  • Baluba effigy, Congo.
  • Parts of 4 woven grass mats, patterned and plain.
  • Woven mat design in colours, Zaire, ExPareyn Collection.
  • Parts of 3 woven grass mats, patterned and plain.
  • Baby carried in a sling. Andaman Islands.
  • Woven grass mat, stripes with colours, Zaire. ExPareyn Collection.
  • Headrest, New Guinea.
  • Married islander's house with ground-plan and elevation.
  • Spirit canoe, Alaska. Among the Kwakiutle people of British Columbia it was customary to release a spirit canoe in the water, when a body was buried near a shore, in order to send the soul or spirit of the dead person on its journey.
  • Shrunken heads.
  • Shrunken head compared with normal human skull.