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  • Africa: a woman with scarification on her chest and arms, and with plugs in her ear-lobes and lower lip. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski, 19--.
  • Massawa, Eritrea: two Somali women eating outside; one covers her face to ward off the 'evil eye'. Photograph (by Kurt Lubinski?), 1940/1960.
  • Africa: a man standing over a pot which is supported by the pronged branches of a small tree. Photograph (by Kurt Lubinski?), 1940/1960.
  • Benin (Dahomey): men holding staffs made of human skulls with plumes of horsehair. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski (?), 19--.
  • Africa: animal skins and skulls suspended on logs and displayed in a row as part of a religious ritual. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski, 1940/1960.
  • Antoiniste cult followers, Liège: a father and two daughters on their way to the Temple of the Antoinistes. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski, 1920/1940 (?).
  • Temple of the Antoinistes, Liège: the priest faces a portrait of Father Antoine, entreating him to help heal a sick follower. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski, 1920/1940.
  • Temple of the Antoinistes, Liège: the congregation leaving the church. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski, 1920/1940.
  • Amasamang, Ghana: Semanu, a medicine man, and his two assistants, all wearing white robes, standing beside a sign advertising his services. Photograph (by Kurt Lubinski?), 1940/1960.
  • Africa: a man wearing a hat and large metal and yarn necklace. Photograph (by Kurt Lubinski?), 1940/1960.
  • Spiritualist healing amongst W. T. Parish's congregation: his assistants raise their hands as the patient is healed. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski, ca. 1940.
  • Africa: a man wearing a head-dress (made of animal skins?). Photograph (by Kurt Lubinski?), 1940/1960.
  • Africa: a medicine man, seated, holding a wooden staff with metal prongs. Photograph (by Kurt Lubinski?), 1940/1960.
  • Spiritualist healing amongst the congregation of W.T. Parish: Mrs. Parish with a Sri Lankan patient. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski, ca. 1940.
  • British Togoland or Ghana: a man with metal woven into his hair. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski, 19--.
  • Temple of the Antoinistes, Liège: the chancel end showing the tenets of the cult marked on the wall in large letters. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski, 1920/1940 (?).
  • Ethiopia: a Gurage woman tattooing another on the wrist. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.