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  • Papua New Guinea (?): a man with a large pin through a hole in his nose. Photograph by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (?).
  • Papua New Guinea (?): a man with a large metal or wooden sculpture through a hole in his nose. Photograph by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (?).
  • Australia: an aboriginal woman with a bone through her nose. Photograph by Henry King, ca. 1890.
  • Australia: an aboriginal man (Ned Woolnah?) with a bone through his nose. Photograph by Henry King, ca. 1890.
  • A man bleeding a woman in her arm by using a bow and arrow. Etching.
  • A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting and nose stick, Australia. Colour process print.
  • A well-dressed Hindu ascetic or holy man receiving gifts from a richly dressed woman. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore).
  • An emaciated Hindu ascetic or holy man, seated on a knoll under a tree, with his left hand held over his head; a richly dressed woman pours liquid into his bowl. Gouache painting.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man, seated under a tree, receiving food from a kneeling woman. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800 (?).
  • An écorché figure, front view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the fourth order of muscles, with a grazing rhinoceros in the background. Line engraving by J. Wandelaar, 1742.
  • An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the fourth order of muscles, with a rhinoceros seen in the background. Line engraving by J. Wandelaar, 1742.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.