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A Kandyan shaman in full costume. Process print.

A Navajo medicine man. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, 1904.

An African shaman and rain-maker in his/her ritual costume. Wood engraving.

A Maiduguri medicine man or shaman, Nigeria. Halftone after a photograph attributed to O.S.M. Temple.

Minusinsk, Siberia: a Tartar medicine man or shaman in ceremonial dress with a covered face, holding a drum. Photograph, ca. 1920 (?) of a photograph, 1900/1915.

Siberia: an Ostiak medicine man wearing animal skins and with a shield: studio portrait: side view. Photograph, ca. 1920 (?) of a photograph by Marya Czaplicka, 1914/1915.

A shaman or medicine man from the Lower Congo. Colour process print after N.H. Hardy.

A Zulu medicine man or shaman. Halftone.

A shaman banging a drum and dancing invoke spirits to cure a sick man. Engraving by S. Davenport.

A shaman singing and beating a drum. Halftone.

A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.

South Africa: a Zulu medicine man. Photograph by L. Cipriani.

A Liberian medicine man or shaman, West Africa. Halftone.

A Native American medicine man. Oil painting.

Siberia: a Tungus medicine man in ceremonial dress, standing holding a drum. Photograph, ca. 1920 (?) of a photograph by Marya Czaplicka, 1914/1915.

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A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.

South Africa: a Zulu medicine man. Photograph by L. Cipriani.

A Liberian medicine man or shaman, West Africa. Halftone.

A Native American medicine man. Oil painting.

Siberia: a Tungus medicine man in ceremonial dress, standing holding a drum. Photograph, ca. 1920 (?) of a photograph by Marya Czaplicka, 1914/1915.