SAND PAINTING, c1905.
NAVAJO CEREMONY, c1905.
MASKED NAVAJO MAN, c1905.
NAVAJO SAND PAINTING.
NAVAJO CHANTERS, c1905
ALASKA: ESKIMO MASK, c1929.
NAVAJO DANCERS.
NAVAJO RITUAL, c1904.
HOPI SNAKE DANCE.
KACHINA DANCE, c1903.
AZTEC RITUAL.
DAKOTA SIOUX MAN.
Hopi katsina doll.
HOPI SNAKE PRIESTS, 1906.
NAVAJO HOGAN, c1905.
HOPI SNAKE DANCE, c1899.
Wooden ceremonial Yup'ik mask.
The Last Judgement
Snake Dancer and "Hugger", Moki Tribe, Arizona, 1921
Niman Kachina Dance, Supawlavi, Hopi Village, Arizona, USA, 1900
KWAKIUTL DANCER, c1910.
Wooden Huehue mask.
Antelope priests chanting at Kisi Moki snake dance.
Illustration from a book depicting a young man surrounding by Native Indians
ZUNI: SHALAKO DANCE, c1898.
JAPAN: NEW YEAR'S RITUAL.
CALIFORNIA: KAMIA MAN, c1914.
HOPI SNAKE DANCER, c1918.
Disease mask.
HOPI SNAKE DANCE, 1911.
“Dance to the Widow of a Warrior”, Tribe Unknown, Book Illustration from “Indian Horrors or Massacres of the Red Men”, by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1891
JAPAN: FESTIVAL.
BROOKE: NAVAJO DANCER.
Signing the marriage register London.
NAVAJO MAN, c1905.
Puja or Poojan, prayer ritual performed by Hindus.
Puja or Poojan, prayer ritual performed to honour Ganesha the Hindu God.
KWAKIUTL DANCER, c1914.
NUMBO JUMBO, c1790.
CHEYENNE SUN DANCE, c1910.
HOPI ALTAR, c1900.
HOPI KIVA, c1900.
Indian Sun Dance, Young Bucks Proving their Endurance by Self-Torture, by Jules Tavernier, Harper's Weekly, January 2, 1875
APACHE DANCE, c1906.
RELIGION: HINDUISM.
NAVAJOS, c1905.
French 19th century certificate of baptism
ATSINA RITUAL, c1908.
Kiowa Indians, Lone Wolf and his wife Elta.
Kwakiutl people performing a ritualistic dance to restore an eclipsed moon.
Mardi Gras Celebrations.
ARIKARA MEDICINE MEN, c1908.
CHEYENNE SUN DANCERS, c1910.
The funeral pyre of King Chulalonkorn at Bangkok, Thailand
KWAKIUTL DANCERS, c1914.
CANADA: KWAKIUTL MUMMY.
CATLIN: MANDAN LODGE.
Fresco at Bonampak.
Sanctuary of Isis.
Ndebele dance stick or wand. Made with beads and straw.
Mask from the Diablada dance from the Carnival de Oruro.
Costume from The Carnival of Oruro Diablada.
CATLIN: MANDAN DANCE, 1867.
MECCA: HAJJ RITUAL.
SENECA FALSE FACE MASK.
JORDAN: BEDOUIN RITUAL.
NAVAJO RITUAL, c1905
ALASKA: POTLATCH DANCERS.
SUN DANCE, 1875.
ZUNI PROCESSION, c1897.
ZUNI DANCERS, c1898.
Mayan ceremonial object.
Dish with candles and petals for Puja or Poojan, prayer ritual performed by Hindus.
PUEBLO NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE.
MORAVIANS, 1757.
tradition of choirboys beating the boundary of the English Parish of St. Dunstan- in the East 1935
HOPI SNAKE DANCE, c1902.
CRUCIFIX TREADING, c1790.
Shamanism, illustration
NAVAJO CEREMONY, c1906.
NAVAJO WOMAN, c1904.
NAVAJO CORN FIELDS, c1906.
NAVAJO MEN, c1904.
NAVAJO MAN, c1904.
NAVAJO GIRL, c1904.
NAVAJO RUINS, 1906.
NAVAJO FARM, 1906.
NAVAJO MEN, c1914.
NAVAJO CHILDREN, c1915.
NAVAJO MEDICINE MAN, c1914.
NAVAJO WOMAN, c1901.
CREMATION, 19th CENTURY.
LONDON: QUIT RENTS, 1885.
KISSING THE POPE'S FEET.
Initiation into the order of knighthood
SPANISH INQUISITION.
APACHE CEREMONY, c1905.
Fire-walking ceremony on Beqa Island, Fiji
HAWAII: CANOE, 1779.
Embalming & Mummification, Illustration, Cyclopaedia of Universal History, Volume 1, The Ancient World, by John Clark Ridpath, the Jones Brothers Publishing Company, 1885
JAPAN: WEDDING.
WEST AFRICAN SHAMAN, 1889.
CHINA: RITUAL VESSEL.
CHINESE IMMIGRANTS, 1877.
INCA: MUMMIFIED RULER.
ZUNI: SHALAKO DANCERS, c1898.
Woman wearing full mourning costume made of grass, Melanesia, Oceania
ESKIMO DANCE MASK.
Cock fighting on the island of Borneo
NATIVE AMERICAN BOWL.
Whirling Dervishes with Flute Player, circa 1880
Human sacrifice, Mexico, 19th Century illustration
Hu ka-lowa pifire-carrier bringing the skull 1908
INDIA: SILVER PITCHERS.
Egyptian wooden statue of a bearer of offerings.
INDIA: MYSORE TREASURE.
INDIAN CEREMONIAL LAMPS.
INDIAN CEREMONIAL LAMP.
HINDUISM: NANDI.
INDIAN RITUAL HEADDRESS.
INDIAN RITUAL ORNAMENTS.
INDIA: ADORNED SHIVA.
INDIAN CEREMONIAL FIGURE.
INDIAN ORNAMENT.
HINDUISM: GANESH.
Whirling Dervishes, Albumen Photograph, 1870's
High Angle View of Pilgrims Starting for Mecca, Izmir, Turkey, 1965
Canoe Poi.
NEW MEXICO: PUEBLO DANCE.
MANDAN BULL DANCE, 1832.
APACHE PAINTING.
Illustration depicting the ceremony of worshiping the imperial ancestors in Japan
Mid section view of a monk, Wat Sri Soda, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Incense coils burning in Man Mo Temple, Hong Kong, China
Terracotta one-handled vase with strainer
Canon del Muerte, Navajo, c1906
Pedro Begay, Native American Indian, Navajo
KING CROESUS OF LYDIA
SUMER: PLAQUE, c2400 B.C.
Embalmed mummy in coffin, illustration
THE MASS OF THE LEAGUE.
The Exorcism of Nicole Aubry.
The Snake Dance of the Moqui Indians, Drawn by H.F. Farny from Photographs by Cosmos Mindeleff, Harper's Weekly, November 2, 1889
APACHE INFANT, c1903.
Hamer man with reed whip
SIOUX MAN, c1907.
SIOUX WOMAN, c1907.
NEW MEXICO: ZUNI SHRINE.
Spiritism, historical illustration
China Supay Mask.
ALGONQUIANS, 1585.
ALGONQUIAN NATIVE AMERICANS.
Illustration depicting Seppuku
ONONDAGA FALSE FACE MASK.
JAPAN: SHINTO RITUAL.
INDIA: FUNERAL PYRE.
RELIGION: JAPAN AND CHINA.
AZTEC HARVEST CEREMONY
Tribal chief funeral on New Caledonia, 19th century
IROQUOIS FALSE FACE MASK.
CHEYENNE DANCERS, c1910.
Ritual ancestor figure from the Tami Island, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Marie Laveau and her daughter.
NAVAJO WOMAN & CHILD, c1914.
Death custom
A death chair from Koita, Papua New Guinea, Oceania