A Kandyan shaman in full costume. Process print.

1 print : process print ; image 10.3 x 8.2 cm

Relic of aboriginal demon worship. ... Lettering continues: "One of the Kandyan devil-dancers whose diabolical performance is warranted to exorcise evil spirits from the sick. Grotesquely arrayed, they dance themselves into a state of frenzy, by which time the patient is usually either killed or cured."

Wellcome Collection 21410i