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  • Judaic rituals in the Old Testament. Engraving.
  • Judaic rituals and ritual artifacts from the Old Testament. Engraving.
  • A theurgist performing rituals to exercise divine powers on earth. Coloured aquatint.
  • Four sadhus (Hindu ascetics) performing rituals and austerities. Drawing, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Meeting of the Freemason's lodge in which the members perform elaborate secret rituals. Etching by C. Ewart after S. Watson.
  • Apollo, god of literature, plays his harp; a town goes about its rituals. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. van der Straet, 1594.
  • The books of rituals compiled by Numa Pompilius being handed over to the people. Etching by G.B. Galestruzzi after Polidoro da Caravaggio.
  • Human skull with painted features and cowrie shell eyes. The hair is real. Said to have been used in rituals associated with ancestor worship. Papua New Guinea
  • Human skull with painted features and cowrie shell eyes. The hair is real. Said to have been used in rituals associated with ancestor worship. Papua New Guinea
  • Human skull with painted features and cowrie shell eyes. The hair is real. Said to have been used in rituals associated with ancestor worship. Papua New Guinea
  • Human skull with painted features and cowrie shell eyes. The hair is real. Said to have been used in rituals associated with ancestor worship. Papua New Guinea
  • Human skull with painted features and cowrie shell eyes. The hair is real. Said to have been used in rituals associated with ancestor worship. Papua New Guinea
  • Human skull with painted features and cowrie shell eyes. The hair is real. Said to have been used in rituals associated with ancestor worship. Papua New Guinea
  • A Brahman after his ritual puja. Watercolour drawing.
  • Sarawak: five Kenyah warriors in a warfare ritual. Photograph.
  • Sarawak: four Dayak men in a warfare ritual. Photograph.
  • Sarawak: five Kenyah warriors in a warfare ritual. Photograph.
  • A begging Brahman performing a ritual with his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A Chinese religious ritual. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • An African shaman and rain-maker in his/her ritual costume. Wood engraving.
  • Two yogis, one meditating, the other performing a fire ritual. Gouache drawing.
  • Four priests holding ritual vessels perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • An African shaman or medicine man dressed in ritual mask and costume. Coloured photograph.
  • A Mevlevi, or whirling dervish, performing a ritual mystic dance. Drawing, ca. 1850 (?).
  • Three native North American medicine men dressed in elaborate ritual masks and costumes. Wood engraving.
  • Ceylon, India: a shaman holding a large bow for a divination ritual. Process print, 1910/1930.
  • Two Malayan exorcists dressed in elaborate ritual costume. Halftone after a photograph by Wiele & Klein.
  • Padmasambhava as Guru Dragmar: Padmasambhava takes the form of the mystic ritual dagger (phurba). Gouache painting by a Tibetan artist.
  • A Swazi medicine man or shaman performing a ritual in front of his tribe. Colour process print after N.H. Hardy.
  • A Zulu medicine man or shaman performing a ritual to fend off a hailstorm, South Africa. Halftone after Trappist Mission, Natal.