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Principal female shaman of the Hupa 1923

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Principal female shaman of the Hupa 1923

A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance ceremony and scenes from daily life

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A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance c...

A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance ceremony and scenes from daily life

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A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance c...

Wooden figure of an emaciated man, probably a shaman

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Wooden figure of an emaciated man, probably a sham...

A heart shaped charm which, when opened, reveals an owl representing the soul of one who recently died

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A heart shaped charm which, when opened, reveals a...

Model of a Tsimshian clan chief wearing crest regalia

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Model of a Tsimshian clan chief wearing crest rega...

Fragmentary wooden section from a shamans headdress, painted with image of a frog

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Fragmentary wooden section from a shamans headdres...

Shamans rattle

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Shamans rattle

Shamans rattle

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Shamans rattle

Mask representing a strangulated man

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Mask representing a strangulated man

Part of a shamans kit, this mask portrays a dead man

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Part of a shamans kit, this mask portrays a dead m...

Elegant and typically Cocle style of polychrome ceramic plate, depicting dancing jaguar, crocodile, or supernatural creature, or even a shaman wearing a mask

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Elegant and typically Cocle style of polychrome ce...

Painted textile

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Painted textile

Eagle wing fan

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Eagle wing fan

Shield cover painted with an image of a bison

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Shield cover painted with an image of a bison

Statue of lion bearing silk threads attached by people asking favour

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Statue of lion bearing silk threads attached by pe...

Kachina doll

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Kachina doll

A figurine called a Tupilak created by a shaman for the purpose of bringing harm to someone else

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A figurine called a Tupilak created by a shaman fo...

Medicine pipe

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Medicine pipe

Obsidian mirror which once belonged to Dr John Dee ( 1527 1608 )

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Obsidian mirror which once belonged to Dr John Dee...

An Assiniboine hand drum painted with a spirit design reminiscent of hallucinatory images, in this case almost certainly the consequence of weakness and partial delirium resulting from fasting and thi...

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An Assiniboine hand drum painted with a spirit des...

Crow vision painting on a war shield

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Crow vision painting on a war shield

Olmec ruler in a stylised Jaguar mouth cave holding a baby deity

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Olmec ruler in a stylised Jaguar mouth cave holdin...

A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance ceremony and scenes from daily life

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A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance c...

A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance ceremony and scenes from daily life

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A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance c...

Shamans mask in the form of a whale

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Shamans mask in the form of a whale

A heart shaped charm which, when opened, reveals an owl representing the soul of one who recently died

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A heart shaped charm which, when opened, reveals a...

Dance headdress representing a spirit face seen by shamans in their trance

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Dance headdress representing a spirit face seen by...

Mask said to represent a human although the significance of the three horns remains unknown

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Mask said to represent a human although the signif...

A helmet and mask carved from a single piece of wood and portraying a high born man

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A helmet and mask carved from a single piece of wo...

Detail of a shamans robe or blanket

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Detail of a shamans robe or blanket

Shamans rattle in the form of an octopus

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Shamans rattle in the form of an octopus

Shamans rattle

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Shamans rattle

Shamans rattle

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Shamans rattle

Stone human figure bowl, thought to have been used by Salish shamans in purification rites as part of ceremonies marking the onset of female puberty

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Stone human figure bowl, thought to have been used...

Elegant and typically Cocle style of polychrome ceramic plate, depicting dancing jaguar, crocodile, or supernatural creature, or even a shaman wearing a mask

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Elegant and typically Cocle style of polychrome ce...

Nazca dance wand of hammered gold with a stylized feline face surrounded by machakway serpents

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Nazca dance wand of hammered gold with a stylized ...

This stone head was carved by the Cole people, descendants of Hopewell in Ohio

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This stone head was carved by the Cole people, des...

Tiny fibre and bone figurines from Hogup Cave

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Tiny fibre and bone figurines from Hogup Cave

A shrine of an Ashanti spirit medium

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A shrine of an Ashanti spirit medium

The protective designs painted on old Toba houses recall those in the magic books of Batak shaman

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The protective designs painted on old Toba houses ...

Painted altar, part of of a Blackfoot Horse medicine bundle used during ceremonies intended to increase the wealth in horses

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Painted altar, part of of a Blackfoot Horse medici...

A death mask

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A death mask

Most of the spirits inhabiting the Eskimo world were hostile to humans and had to be placated or cajoled into allowing people to live in peace

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Most of the spirits inhabiting the Eskimo world we...

Arawak petroglyph known as the Carib stone

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Arawak petroglyph known as the Carib stone

A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance ceremony and scenes from daily life

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A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance c...

A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance ceremony and scenes from daily life

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A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance c...

A carving representing a shaman in the middle of a seance and his two helping spirits in the form of animal like creatures

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A carving representing a shaman in the middle of a...

A ceremonial club used in the Wolf dance

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A ceremonial club used in the Wolf dance

Rattle in the form of a salmon containing an effigy figure of a shaman

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Rattle in the form of a salmon containing an effig...

A shamans rattle carved with the design of a killer whale

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A shamans rattle carved with the design of a kille...

Shamans mask in the form of a womans face with inset mouth

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Shamans mask in the form of a womans face with ins...

Linked shamans charms

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Linked shamans charms

Shamans fringed apron made of double caribou skin and painted in red and black

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Shamans fringed apron made of double caribou skin ...

The soul catcher was the most important item used by curing shamans

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The soul catcher was the most important item used ...

Stone human figure bowl, thought to have been used by Salish shamans in purification rites as part of ceremonies marking the onset of female puberty

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Stone human figure bowl, thought to have been used...

Double armed pendant made, unusually, from gold and rock crystal

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Double armed pendant made, unusually, from gold an...

Eagle Talon Medicine

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Eagle Talon Medicine

Shield cover which was painted with a design with magical powers which would protect the owner

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Shield cover which was painted with a design with ...

War shield

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War shield

Shields generally had soft buckskin covers which might themselves have supernatural powers

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Shields generally had soft buckskin covers which m...

A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance ceremony and scenes from daily life

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A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance c...

A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance ceremony and scenes from daily life

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A cloth painting depicting a parade, a Sun Dance c...

A ceremonial club used in the Wolf dance

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A ceremonial club used in the Wolf dance

A shamans burial

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A shamans burial

Mask used in the Hamatsa dance of the Kwakiutl Cannibal dance series

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Mask used in the Hamatsa dance of the Kwakiutl Can...

This shamans charm was probably worn suspended around the neck

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This shamans charm was probably worn suspended aro...

Part of a Haida shamans gear included a neckring from which various bone charms were suspended

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Part of a Haida shamans gear included a neckring f...

Fragmentary wooden sections from a shamans headdress, painted with images including a frog and two birds

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Fragmentary wooden sections from a shamans headdre...

A shamans rattle

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A shamans rattle

Pair of stone human figure bowls, thought to have been used by Salish shamans in purification rites as part of ceremonies marking the onset of female puberty

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Pair of stone human figure bowls, thought to have ...

In typically Mochica style, this modelled ceramic shows a priest or shaman engaged in a curing ritual or praying over a deceased person

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In typically Mochica style, this modelled ceramic ...

Dance mask made from fox skin

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Dance mask made from fox skin

Shield painted with an image of a bison

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Shield painted with an image of a bison

A carving representing a shaman in the middle of a seance

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A carving representing a shaman in the middle of a...

A war medicine shield depicting the Moon which appeared to the owner in a dream and gave him the shield

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A war medicine shield depicting the Moon which app...

A finger mask used by women during dance entertainments

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A finger mask used by women during dance entertain...

Shamans amulet carved from a bears fang

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Shamans amulet carved from a bears fang

Shamans rattle in the form of a oyster catcher, with a shaman on its back

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Shamans rattle in the form of a oyster catcher, wi...

Shamans hat made of split spruce root and ornamented throughout with false embroidery in straw

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Shamans hat made of split spruce root and ornament...

Shamans charm, cut from canine teeth in the form of a foetal human

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Shamans charm, cut from canine teeth in the form o...

A rattle used in shamanistic dances in the form of an oyster catcher

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A rattle used in shamanistic dances in the form of...

Wand carved to represent a crane with the witch spirit on the beak

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Wand carved to represent a crane with the witch sp...

An unpainted shamans rattle carved in low relief

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An unpainted shamans rattle carved in low relief

Shamans rattle

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Shamans rattle

A carved figure representing a shaman with raised hand

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A carved figure representing a shaman with raised ...

Part of a shamans kit, this mask portrays a dead man

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Part of a shamans kit, this mask portrays a dead m...

A painted textile, common through out the Late Intermediate Period

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A painted textile, common through out the Late Int...

Hollow ceramic effigy flute player wearing jaguar headdress

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Hollow ceramic effigy flute player wearing jaguar ...

A pair of feathered shields

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A pair of feathered shields

Rock Medicine which would have been kept inside medicine bundles that were opened at the first sound of thunder in spring and just before the onset of winter

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Rock Medicine which would have been kept inside me...

Detail of decoration on a Dong Son drum, depicting figures with feathered headdresses in a boat

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Detail of decoration on a Dong Son drum, depicting...

Ceremonial adze in the form of a jaguar spirit

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Ceremonial adze in the form of a jaguar spirit

A mask probably representing a shamans spirit flight with the face in the centre representing the shamans soul

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A mask probably representing a shamans spirit flig...

Shamans ivory amulet

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Shamans ivory amulet

Shamans fringed apron made of double caribou skin and painted in red and black

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Shamans fringed apron made of double caribou skin ...

Probably a shamans charm showing the common Northwest Coast feature of applying symbols of animals to essentially human faces

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Probably a shamans charm showing the common Northw...

Shamans rattle in the form of a oyster catcher, with a horned head on its back

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Shamans rattle in the form of a oyster catcher, wi...

An unpainted shamans rattle carved in low relief

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An unpainted shamans rattle carved in low relief

A pair of figures representing shamans with raised hands

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A pair of figures representing shamans with raised...

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