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  • Above, red-figured Greek pouring vessel with a round body and a short spout; below, detail of decoration showing a stylised leopard. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, black Greek lidded pouring vessel with a round body and a long spout; below, lid decorated with the head of a satyr. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Extended ear lobe, Rubriand, Solomon Islands.
  • Nose pin, Aboriginal, Northern Australia.
  • Skull showing cranial elongation, Vanuatu Republic.
  • Elongation of the head, Mowe, N. Britain
  • Nose pin, Aboriginal, Northern Australia.
  • Waist constriction by cane belts, Konyak Naga
  • A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating spleen?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.
  • A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating the liver?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.
  • A surgeon applying a cautery iron to clearly defined points on a woman's lower abdomen (indicating spleen?). Pen drawing after a tenth century manuscript.
  • A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting, Worgaia, Central Australia. Process print.
  • Two Malayan exorcists dressed in elaborate ritual costume. Halftone after a photograph by Wiele & Klein.
  • A man with a wooden leg pours water into the bowl of a begging woman with two children. Coloured aquatint, 1803, after a painter from Thanjavur.
  • An old Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a saffron loincloth and turban and carrying a cloth bundle, pot and beads. Drawing, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A cat standing on its hind legs, formed by patterns supposed to be in the "Early Greek" style. Gouache by Louis Wain, 1925/1939.
  • A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • Genuine Dalmatian insect powder for the destruction of insects : quite harmless to animal life but effectually destroys every tribe of insect.
  • Genuine Dalmatian insect powder for the destruction of insects : quite harmless to animal life but effectually destroys every tribe of insect.
  • Genuine Dalmatian insect powder for the destruction of insects : quite harmless to animal life but effectually destroys every tribe of insect.
  • Actor Kataoka Nizaemon as the popular hero Umeno Ichirōbei, revealing his tattooed shoulder. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man, left profile view, meditating outside a temple (?). Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • An old Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with left arm raised above his head, and overgrown fingernails. Gouache painting.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a saffron loincloth and carrying a kamandal (sacred pot), a bowl (?) and an asho (wooden handrest). Drawing, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with his right arm raised above his head. Drawing, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man, performing austerities outside a temple (?). Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Japanese funeral customs: two attendants wearing loin-cloths place the body of a dead man in a round wooden vessel while a third prepares to open a large box to receive the body. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Two Hindu ascetics or holy men, one performing self-torture. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800 (?).