shamans

Shiba atagoyama, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a shaman or other religious figure arriving at the shrine at the top of the hill at Atago. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More

Shiba atagoyama, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a shaman or other religious figure arriving at the shrine at the top of the hill at Atago. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More

A Navaho shaman / Hillers, photo., portrait of american indian man

A shaman, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, with a blanket backdrop.

Shamans graves, Alaska. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photoprint copyrighted by H.H. Brodeck. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Native Medicine Man, South Africa. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Photograph by "G.W.W." [George Washington Wilson]. Print no. "40. 112." Purchase; Marc Walter; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:141). More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.go... More

Goldes shaman priest in his regalia

Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-USZ62-78790. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library... More

Images on Indian doctor's grave, Chilkat, Alaska

Photograph shows the grave of Shah, a Tlingit ixt (shaman), marked with carved wood totems. Copyright 1895 by Winter & Pond. No. 187.

Goldi shaman priest and assistant

Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-USZ62-24875. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library... More

Ngaka", médecin-sorcier. Frederic Christol

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Indian witch doctor, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Photo by W.W.W. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Edward S. Curtis - Yebichai, patient in sweat bath

Indian wrapped in blanket with medicine man and another man standing over him. No. 1058-04.

Edward S. Curtis - Hatali Nez, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Navajo man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, looking down, wearing a headband. H55576 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1046-04. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

"Dr. Joseph," chief medecine [i.e. medicine] man of the Swinomish Rese...

Photograph shows portrait of elderly Swinomish traditional healer. H97243 U.S. Copyright Office. "No. 1."

Dr. Joseph, chief medecine [i.e. medicine] man of the Swinomish Reserv...

Photograph shows portrait of elderly Swinomish traditional healer. H97245 U.S. Copyright Office. "No. 3."

Edward S. Curtis - Hu Kalowa Pi ceremony

Photograph shows Saliva, an Oglala Sioux priest, dressed for the Hu Kalowa Pi ceremony. H104336 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2524-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Publ... More

Dr. Joseph, cheif [i.e. chief] medecine [i.e. medicine] man of the Swi...

Photograph shows portrait of elderly Swinomish traditional healer. H97244 U.S. Copyright Office. "No. 2."

Edward S. Curtis - Arikara medicine fraternity--The prayer

Photo shows Arikara shamans, without shirts, backs to camera, seated in a semi-circle around a sacred cedar tree, tipis in background. H118596 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2898-08. Forms part of: Edward S.... More

Edward S. Curtis - Night medicine men

Photo shows Arikara medicine ceremony with four night men dancing. H118584 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2885-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North A... More

The indian medicine show / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as an Indian medicine man beating a drum labeled "The New Nationalism" while standing in a cart with "Publisher Howland" and "Editor Abbott" who are selling bottles of "Out... More

Edward S. Curtis - Hamatsa emerging from the woods--Koskimo

Hamatsa shaman, three-quarter length portrait, seated on ground in front of tree, facing front, possessed by supernatural power after having spent several days in the woods as part of an initiation ritual. J197... More

The Medicine man - Public domain portrait print

Navajo Indian, half-length portrait, facing front. 201186 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph copyrighted by William J. Carpenter, 1915.

[Native types of Africa, 192-] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Photo shows a witch doctor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing headdress and many necklaces. Title from caption card and item. Typed caption at bottom: The witch doctor's life is safe only so lon... More

Edward S. Curtis - Hupa female shaman

Athapascan Hupa woman from northwestern California, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing shell headbands, necklace, and holding up two baskets. J262669 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis C... More

Edward S. Curtis - Offering to the sun--San Ildefonso

Barechested Tewa man with hands raised skyward, each holding a feather, as he faces the sun. J288498 U.S. Copyright Office. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The N... More

Medecine sic song Crumbo, Native Americans

American Indian medicine man, in elaborate costume, kneeling by campfire. Gu20277 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 811.

A medicine man curing a patient / Capt. Eastman, U.S.A. del. ; C. Schu...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tenenisk - Haush shaman

Italiano: Tenenisk, famoso sciamano, per metà Manekenk e per metà Selknam. Español: Tenenisk, famoso chamán mitad Haush, mitad Ona.

A First Nations shaman in traditional regalia, Ontario, 03Q P907P28

Information added by Wikimedia users.A First Nations male shaman, in traditional regalia, sits in front of a wigwam in an unknown village in Ontario, Canada.

James Teit Medicine man - Canada in World War Two

Deutsch: Tahltan-Medizinmann James Teit Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Hah-lil-git. Medicine man at Nass River, B.C. Taken by B.A. Haldane, ...

Scope and content: On Copy Backing: "Haldane lived one winter at Nass and in the same house with this man who sang his medicine songs about two or three a.m. causing Haldane to seek a residence elswhere."

KITLV 87167 - William Johnson - Shamans in British India - Before 1860

Nederlands: Medicijnmannen in Brits-IndiaEnglish: Shamans in British India Public domain photograph of India under British rule, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Navajo medicine man. Native Americans, Navajo people

Navajo medicine man - Nesjaja Hatali American Memory from the Library of Congress Nesjaja Hatali - Navaho (The North American Indian; v.01) CREATOR Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952. SUMMARY Description by Edward S... More

Seminole Josie Billie with Family and Dog WDL4029

Русский: На данном снимке, сделанном на болоте Биг-Сайпресс во Флориде неподалеку от озера Дип-Лейк в апреле 1921 года, изображен Джози Билли и его семья. Билли родился 12 декабря 1887 года в семье первого в и... More

Hamatsa shaman2 - A man sitting in front of a tree wearing a headdress

"Hamatsa emerging from the woods--Koskimo" "Hamatsa shaman, three-quarter length portrait, seated on ground in front of tree, facing front, possessed by supernatural power after having spent several days in the... More

Yuta circa 1955. Japanese empire during World War Two.

Yuta(Okinawan shamans) circa 1955日本語: 1955年頃のユタ

"Skan-Doo A Kak-Von-Ton (Eagle Clan). Most notorious, crafty old medic...

Pygmy shaman - An old photo of two men in front of a hut

Talking with a pygmy shaman in Africa. The photo probably taken by Kazimierz Nowak (1897-1937, the author is on the photo; taken probably by a self-timer) during his trip through Africa - a Polish traveller, co... More

Chuonnasuan, the last shaman of the Oroqen, in July 1994 (Photo by Ric...

This is a photo of Chuonnasuan (1927-2000), the last shaman of the Oroqen people, taken by Richard Noll in July 1994 in Manchuria near the Amur River border between the People's Republic of China and Russia (S... More

Hamatsa shaman2

"Hamatsa emerging from the woods--Koskimo" "Hamatsa shaman, three-quarter length portrait, seated on ground in front of tree, facing front, possessed by supernatural power after having spent several days in the... More

Hamatsa shaman1

"Hamatsa emerging from the woods--Koskimo" "Hamatsa shaman, three-quarter length portrait, seated on ground in front of tree, facing front, possessed by supernatural power after having spent several days in the... More

Aglegmiut shaman in costume, Nushagak, ca 1908 (THWAITES 116)

Although forbidden by the Christian missionaries, these masks and outsized hands were still made and used in the early 1900s by the Aglegmiut. The photographs taken by John Thwaite are believed to be the only... More

Aglegmiut shaman in costume, with boy, ca 1912 (THWAITES 115)

Although forbidden by the Christian missionaries, these masks and outsized hands were still made and used in the early 1900s by the Aglegmiut. The photographs taken by John Thwaite are believed to be the only... More

Kitch Kawk in Dancing costume

Kitch Kawk, a Tlingit man of Sitka, in dancing costume, probably 1886 or 1887. In the list of figures he is identified as a shaman.

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Français : Chamans yakoutes. English: Yakut shamans

"Hah-lil-git. Medicine man at Nass River, B.C. Taken by B.A. Haldane, ...

Scope and content: On Copy Backing: "Haldane lived one winter at Nass and in the same house with this man who sang his medicine songs about two or three a.m. causing Haldane to seek a residence elswhere."

E. Pfitzenmayer, Sibirische Rauchwaren (1908) Sibirische Jäger, ein tu...

Deutsch: E. Pfitzenmayer: Sibirische Rauchwaren (1908), Nr. 43, S. 1869 Sibirische Jäger, ein tungusischer Schamane.

Intérieur de la yourte d'un chaman

Français : Intérieur de la yourte d'un chaman (le chaman toungouse dont figure la photographie dans cette série de vues sibériennes ?)

Inuit medicine man and boy 1900

an Inuit medicine man and a boy in 1900 Description given at the source: "(...) photograph of Eskimo medicine man and sick boy. It was made in 1900." (text from same source)

Ket shaman 1914

1913 photograph of a shaman of the Ket people. Caption says "Shaman of the Yenisei-Ostiaks (Sumarokova, Sept. 16th)".

Sciamano buriate, Native Americans

Français : Un chaman toungouse. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shaman Buryatia - Native American portrait

Buriat shaman Русский: Бурятский шаман. Открытка. 1904 год. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tairona pendant Louvre 70-2003-14-1

Anthropomorphical pendant of the Tairona people, representing a shaman holding two sceptres, wearing a large nasal ornament and a high headgear with two toucans. Lost-wax cast gold with false filigree decorati... More

Haida shaman in mask kneeling over man covered in blanket, Alaska, cir...

De Groff 526 Printed on mat: Witchcraft. Shaman and Sick Man (Hydah). PH Coll 317.60 Subjects (LCTGM): Shamans--Alaska; Haida Indians--Spiritual life--Alaska; Supernatural practices--Alaska; Haida Indians--Cl... More

Native medicine man, Alaska, between 1901 and 1911 (AL+CA 1363)

Caption on image: Indian Medicine Man, Alaska Printed on verso: 5023 Lowman & Hanford S.& P. Co. Publishers. Seattle, Washington. Printed in Germany Postcard has postmark date of 1906.. Filed in Alaska Native... More

Native shaman, Alaska, circa 1905 (AL+CA 6717)

Caption on image: Indian Witch Doctor. Case & Draper. PH Coll 413.Album 16.24c Subjects (LCTGM): Shamans--Alaska; Alaska Natives--Spiritual life; Supernatural practices--Alaska; Alaska Natives--Clothing & dre... More

Shaman standing, holding witch in kneeling position, Alaska, circa 188...

De Groff 523 Printed on mat: Witchcraft. Shaman Tying witch. PH Coll 317.59 Subjects (LCTGM): Shamans--Alaska; Witches--Alaska; Alaska Natives--Spiritual life; Supernatural practices--Alaska; Alaska Natives--... More

Tlingit Shaman kneeling over man covered in blanket, Alaska, circa 188...

De Groff 527 Printed on mat: Witchcraft. Shaman and Sick Man (Thlingit). PH Coll 317.61 Subjects (LCTGM): Shamans--Alaska; Tlingit Indians--Spiritual life--Alaska; Supernatural practices--Alaska; Tlingit Indi... More

Navaho Medicine Man Curtis Native Americans, Navajo people

5 X 7 inch (image size) photogravure of a Navaho medicine-man ©1904 on composition board, with original signature of Edward S. Curtis and 1913 date - photo cropped from 8.5 X 11 inch original sheet, but otherwi... More

"Medicine men" with squirming rattlesnakes, odd homes of the Cliff Dwe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Medicine men" with squirming rattlesnakes, odd homes of the Cliff Dwe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nesjaja Hatali - Navaho, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Nesjaja Hatali, medicine man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nesjaja Hatali - Navaho, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Nesjaja Hatali, medicine man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Goldi shaman priest and assistant - photo by William Henry Jackson

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1897, p. 809. Similar to lantern slide W7-1149. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part ... More

Goldi shaman priest and assistant - photo by William Henry Jackson

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1897, p. 809. Similar to lantern slide W7-1149. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part ... More

Goldi shaman priest and assistant - photo by William Henry Jackson

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1897, p. 809. Similar to lantern slide W7-1149. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part ... More

A Negro conjure-doctor. - images Black History Month

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Mississippi hoodo-doctors. - images Black History Month

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

The fetish man, and the Governor of Whydah.

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Mississippi hoodo-doctors. - images Black History Month

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Town dieties, Adonta, near Awgwash ; A medicine man, with stock-in-tra...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A witch-doctor treating an old chief [Pouring quarts of medicine down ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mganga, or Medicine-man. The porter. The Kirangozi, or guide. Muinyi K...

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Eskimo medicine man and sick boy, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collecti...

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Eskimo medicine man and sick boy, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collecti...

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Edward S. Curtis - The offering--San Ildefonso

Photograph shows a barechested Tewa man, standing high on a cliff, arms stretched before him as he sprinkles cornmeal as an offering at the start of a day, to the sun, or some other deity, or to mundane daily e... More

Edward S. Curtis - The offering--San Ildefonso

Photograph shows a barechested Tewa man, standing high on a cliff, arms stretched before him as he sprinkles cornmeal as an offering at the start of a day, to the sun, or some other deity, or to mundane daily e... More

Goldes shaman priest in his regalia

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1897, p. 807. Similar to lantern slide W7-1144. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part ... More

Goldes shaman priest in his regalia

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1897, p. 807. Similar to lantern slide W7-1144. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part ... More