Tibetan medical expedition in Ladakh, India: shaman healer treating a patient's neck. Photograph by Tim Malyon, 1984.
- Malyon, Tim.
- Date:
- 1984
- Reference:
- 29415i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Shamanic healing is still practised and respected in Ladakh. The shaman sucks bile or small pieces of bone from the patient either through a rod or directly from the skin. This bile is thought to embody the diseased spirit. The shaman spits it out onto a pile of ashes
Publication/Creation
1984
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; image 18.5 x 27.9 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Lettering on a separate sheet: "Shaman healer in a Ladakh village"
Notes
Tim Malyon worked with the Save the Children Fund, taking photographs in Ladakh in 1984. Ladakh is a remote mountainous area, situated between Kashmir and Tibet. Its inhabitants are mostly farmers, Tibetan Buddhists
Terms of use
Copyright Tim Malyon, 1984. Permission to reproduce should be attained from Framework, The Gatehouse, Middle Coombe Farm, Huntsham, Tiverton, Devon
Reference
Wellcome Collection 29415i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores