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A Zulu medicine man or shaman. Halftone.

A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting and nose stick, Australia. Colour process print.

A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting, Worgaia, Central Australia. Process print.

A child with plugs in holes in his earlobes - to gradually increase the size, for ornamental purposes. Halftone after a photograph by J.W. Beattie.

Two Malayan exorcists dressed in elaborate ritual costume. Halftone after a photograph by Wiele & Klein.

A native American medicine man with elaborate body painting performing a dance. Wood engraving, 1873.

A medicine or shaman adorned with white paint, standing above a sick man trying to drive away the disease. Halftone.

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A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting, Worgaia, Central Australia. Process print.

A medicine or shaman adorned with white paint, standing above a sick man trying to drive away the disease. Halftone.

A child with plugs in holes in his earlobes - to gradually increase the size, for ornamental purposes. Halftone after a photograph by J.W. Beattie.

A native American medicine man with elaborate body painting performing a dance. Wood engraving, 1873.

A Zulu medicine man or shaman. Halftone.