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Srirangam, India: water tank in the Temple. Coloured lithograph by T.C. Dibdin after J. Fergusson.
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886.Reference: 22792i
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Sarawak: a peace-making ceremony between two Kayan tribes. Photograph.
Reference: 30776i
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Essais sur le rituel. III, Colloque du Centenaire de la Section des Sciences Religieuses de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études / sous la direction de Anne-Marie Blondeau et Kristofer Schipper.
Colloque du centenaire de la Section des Sciences Religieuses de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études (1987 : Paris, France)Date: 1995
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A funeral in a French church: the coffin is sprayed with holy water and lowered into the grounds of the church. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Date: 1724Reference: 44197i
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Four Kenyan shaman or medicine men dressed in ceremonial costume, South east Asia. Halftone.
Reference: 21495i
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The Alósaka cult of the Hopi Indians / by J. Walter Fewkes.
Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930.Date: 1899
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Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: pilgrims seeking cures from the holy water. Wood engraving.
Reference: 20367i
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Sandpaintings of the Navajo shooting chant / by Franc J. Newcomb ; with text by Gladys A. Reichard.
Newcomb, Franc Johnson.Date: 1975
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A reformed and fashionable gentleman exits from the church with his beautiful bride. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
Wilson, T. C.Date: [1840?]Reference: 25955i
Part of: The life of a working man
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Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the ceremony of immersion. Pencil drawing by R. Cleaver.
Cleaver, Reginald, active 1894.Reference: 20399i
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A doctor of physic in his ceremonial congregation robes at Oxford. Coloured engraving by J. Agar, 1813, after T. Uwins.
Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857.Date: 1 December 1813Reference: 21537i
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A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1848Reference: 26041i
Part of: The drunkard's children
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Kava - the Pacific elixir : the definitive guide to its ethnobotany, history, and chemistry / Vincent Lebot, Mark Merlin, and Lamont Lindstrom.
Lebot, Vincent.Date: [1997], ©1997
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Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: pilgrims praying in front of the grotto and portrait of Bernadette Soubirous. Wood engraving.
Reference: 20370i
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The Iroquois eagle dance : an offshoot of the Calumet dance / by William N. Fenton ; with An analysis of the Iroquois eagle dance and songs / by Gertrude Prokosch Kurath.
Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005.Date: 1953
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A queen in red is presented with dishes of blood on a hill; below, a man in a white robe gesticulates to the heavens; while another man stands next to alchemical apparatus, facing a man who is lying sick in bed; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
Reference: 38630i
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The presentation of the infant Jesus at the temple. Etching by A. Campanella, 1771, after Fra Bartolommeo.
Bartolomeo, fra, 1472-1517.Date: 1771Reference: 24038i
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The circumcision of Christ. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
Guercino, 1591-1666.Reference: 22866i
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God appears radiantly behind a black cloud as Moses swings an incense burner; four people are washing their feet and hands in preparation. Etching.
Reference: 18275i
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Chaos in the aftermath of battle with the dead and wounded being attended to as the armies retreat. Engraving by J. J. Kleinschmidt after G. P. Rugendas I.
Rugendas, Georg Philipp, 1666-1742.Reference: 24446i
Part of: Grosse Schlachtenszenen fuer Lothar Franz Graf von Schoenborn
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The circumcision of Christ. Etching by M. Küssell after J.W. Baur.
Baur, Johann Wilhelm, 1607-1642.Reference: 22008i
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Of water and the spirit : ritual, magic and initiation in the life of an African Shaman / Malidoma Patrice Somé.
Somé, Malidoma Patrice, 1956-Date: 1995
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Social life of the Navajo Indians : with some attention to minor ceremonies / by Gladys A. Reichard.
Reichard, Gladys Amanda, 1893-1955.Date: 1928
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Source material for the social and ceremonial life of the Choctaw Indians / by John R. Swanton.
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958.Date: 1931
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Sorcery and healing : the meaning of illness and death to an Australian aboriginal community / by Janice Clare Reid.
Reid, Janice, 1942-Date: 1978

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Srirangam, India: water tank in the Temple. Coloured lithograph by T.C. Dibdin after J. Fergusson.

Sarawak: a peace-making ceremony between two Kayan tribes. Photograph.

Essais sur le rituel. III, Colloque du Centenaire de la Section des Sciences Religieuses de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études / sous la direction de Anne-Marie Blondeau et Kristofer Schipper.

A funeral in a French church: the coffin is sprayed with holy water and lowered into the grounds of the church. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.

Four Kenyan shaman or medicine men dressed in ceremonial costume, South east Asia. Halftone.

The Alósaka cult of the Hopi Indians / by J. Walter Fewkes.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: pilgrims seeking cures from the holy water. Wood engraving.

Sandpaintings of the Navajo shooting chant / by Franc J. Newcomb ; with text by Gladys A. Reichard.

A reformed and fashionable gentleman exits from the church with his beautiful bride. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: the ceremony of immersion. Pencil drawing by R. Cleaver.

A doctor of physic in his ceremonial congregation robes at Oxford. Coloured engraving by J. Agar, 1813, after T. Uwins.

A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Kava - the Pacific elixir : the definitive guide to its ethnobotany, history, and chemistry / Vincent Lebot, Mark Merlin, and Lamont Lindstrom.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: pilgrims praying in front of the grotto and portrait of Bernadette Soubirous. Wood engraving.

The Iroquois eagle dance : an offshoot of the Calumet dance / by William N. Fenton ; with An analysis of the Iroquois eagle dance and songs / by Gertrude Prokosch Kurath.

A queen in red is presented with dishes of blood on a hill; below, a man in a white robe gesticulates to the heavens; while another man stands next to alchemical apparatus, facing a man who is lying sick in bed; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.

The presentation of the infant Jesus at the temple. Etching by A. Campanella, 1771, after Fra Bartolommeo.

The circumcision of Christ. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

God appears radiantly behind a black cloud as Moses swings an incense burner; four people are washing their feet and hands in preparation. Etching.

Chaos in the aftermath of battle with the dead and wounded being attended to as the armies retreat. Engraving by J. J. Kleinschmidt after G. P. Rugendas I.

The circumcision of Christ. Etching by M. Küssell after J.W. Baur.

Of water and the spirit : ritual, magic and initiation in the life of an African Shaman / Malidoma Patrice Somé.

Social life of the Navajo Indians : with some attention to minor ceremonies / by Gladys A. Reichard.

Source material for the social and ceremonial life of the Choctaw Indians / by John R. Swanton.

Sorcery and healing : the meaning of illness and death to an Australian aboriginal community / by Janice Clare Reid.