Shaman Collection (page 2)

Giving the medicine-Navaho, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Giving the medicine-Navaho, c1905. Photograph shows aNavajo shaman giving medicine to participant sitting atop blanket(?) used in sweatbath, as two others look on

Night medicine men, 1908, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Night medicine men, 1908, c1908. Photo shows Arikara medicine ceremony with four night men dancing

Hupa female shaman, c1923. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hupa female shaman, c1923. Athapascan Hupa woman from northwestern California, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing shell headbands, necklace, and holding up two baskets

Hamatsa emerging from the woods-Koskimo, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hamatsa emerging from the woods-Koskimo, c1914. Hamatsa shaman, three-quarter length portrait, seated on ground in front of tree, facing front

Wyemah, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wyemah, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, c1905

Shaman and shamanka, 1862. Creator: Karlis Huns
Shaman and shamanka, 1862. Sheet 54 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1

Tungus Shaman Woman, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Tungus Shaman Woman, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Buryat shaman, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Buryat shaman, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

View of the town of Quebec, Canada, circa 1800
View of the town of Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River, circa 1800. Sailing ships in the bay, and a watermill in the foreground. Veduta di Quebec

Ancient Celtic warriors dressed for battle, with a shaman, c. 1800-18 (coloured engraving)
468771 Ancient Celtic warriors dressed for battle, with a shaman, c.1800-18 (coloured engraving) by Italian School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Italian

The Sorcerer, Medicine Man, or Shaman. Late 19th century design after a Paleolithic or Old Stone Age image on the wall in the Trois Freres cave near St Girons, Ariege, France, created perhaps 2, 500

Ole Senteu Simel, grandson of the famous Msai Laibon Mbatian (after which the highest peak of Mount Kenya is named), was the most respected laibon of the Msai until his death in 1986

Geronimo...at Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901 Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Geronimo and two other men posed standing, full length at Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y. 1901. [Leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people

Arikara medicine fraternity-The prayer, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Arikara medicine fraternity-The prayer, c1908. Photo shows Arikara shamans, without shirts, backs to camera, seated in a semi-circle around a sacred cedar tree, tipis in background

Yeibichai, patient in sweat bath, 1904, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yeibichai, patient in sweat bath, 1904, c1905. Indian wrapped in blanket with medicine man and another man standing over him

A Tluwulahu costume-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Tluwulahu costume-Qagyuhl, c1914. Woman wearing a fringed Chilkat blanket, a hamatsa neckring and mask representing deceased relative who had been a shaman

Hatali Nez, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hatali Nez, c1905. Navajo man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, looking down, wearing a headband

Hamasaka in Tluwulahu costume with speaker's staff-Qagyuhl [principal chief], c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hamasaka in Tluwulahu costume with speaker's staff-Qagyuhl [principal chief], c1914. Hamasaka, a Kwakiutl chief, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front

Shaman. Kachynets, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Shaman. Kachynets, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Totem poles, Olkhon island, landscape near Khuzhir, Baikal lake, Russia

The elaborate regalia of a shaman in the Amazon jungle features jaguar teeth and beads

Shaman girl
Balazs Solti

Sudanese Dinka Village
Sudanese Dinka tribesmen of the Upper Nile and their elaborate layered reed houses. A holy man stands to the right next to a dead tree adorned with the horns of hunted beasts. Date: 1930s

Apache Medicine Man, 1907 (b/w photo)
XJF441987 Apache Medicine Man, 1907 (b/w photo) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection

Shamaness of the Teleut people, Kemerovo region, Siberia, plate 27 from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne by Jules Ferrario
STC213596 Shamaness of the Teleut people, Kemerovo region, Siberia, plate 27 from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne by Jules Ferrario, published c.1820s-30s (colour litho) by Biasioli

Female magician or shaman, Mongol people, 18th century. 1823 (engraving)
7234221 Female magician or shaman, Mongol people, 18th century. 1823 (engraving) by Alexander, William (1767-1816) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Female magician or shaman, Mongol people)

Danse d une jeune shamane des telenths (Russia) - in"Le costume ancien et moderne"by J. Ferrario, ed
GIA4737026 Danse d une jeune shamane des telenths (Russia) - in" Le costume ancien et moderne" by J. Ferrario, ed

Danse d une jeune shamane des telenths - in "Le costume ancien et moderne"by J. Ferrario, ed. Milan, 1819-20
LSE4104141 Danse d une jeune shamane des telenths - in " Le costume ancien et moderne" by J. Ferrario, ed. Milan, 1819-20 by Ferrario

Ta-otza-begay, also called Meguelito, Navajo Medicine Man (oil on canvas mounted on panel)
HEH372270 Ta-otza-begay, also called Meguelito, Navajo Medicine Man (oil on canvas mounted on panel) by Moon, Carl (1878-1948); 81.3x66 cm; Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Female shaman of the Mongolic Buyrats people, 18th century. 1823 (engraving)
7234223 Female shaman of the Mongolic Buyrats people, 18th century. 1823 (engraving) by Alexander, William (1767-1816) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Religious man or shaman of the Algonquin town of Secota. 1859-1860 (engraving)
7234183 Religious man or shaman of the Algonquin town of Secota. 1859-1860 (engraving) by Bry, Theodore de (1528-98), after White

Ancient Perusians (Incas) in front of a moon eclipse - in "The Old and Modern Costume"by Jules Ferrario
GIA4816795 Ancient Perusians (Incas) in front of a moon eclipse - in " The Old and Modern Costume" by Jules Ferrario, 1819-1820 by Ferrario

The Patient on the Sand Painting, c. 1906 (b / w photo)
BAL145749 The Patient on the Sand Painting, c.1906 (b/w photo) by Schwemberger, Simeon (fl.1906); Private Collection

The snake priest, c. 1906 (b / w photo)
BAL144994 The snake priest, c.1906 (b/w photo) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952); Private Collection

Une danseuse chamane polovtsienne (ou Couman, Kouman). Costume pour l opera "Prince Igor"de Alexandre Borodin
FIA5374265 Une danseuse chamane polovtsienne (ou Couman, Kouman). Costume pour l opera " Prince Igor" de Alexandre Borodin (Borodine) (1833-1887)

Dogu statuette Japan, height 20 cm, Neolithic, Jomon period
JLJ4667074 Dogu statuette Japan, height 20 cm, Neolithic, Jomon period, 11th-4th century BC (terracotta) by Japanese School; Musee Guimet, Paris

Wotan (Odin), on his eight-legged horse Sleipnir - Viking Runes from the island of
GIA4735100 Wotan (Odin), on his eight-legged horse Sleipnir - Viking Runes from the island of Gotland (Sweden) by Viking (7th Century); Gotland, Sweden; (add.info.: Wotan (Odin)

Figurines in shaman costume. Polychrome wooden statuettes, art coreen, 19th century
LSE4316437 Figurines in shaman costume. Polychrome wooden statuettes, art coreen, 19th century. National Museum of Korea, Seoul (South Korea)

Magic drum of shamans in Lapland, illustration of a book on Linnes journey
LSE4095086 Magic drum of shamans in Lapland, illustration of a book on Linnes journey by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nordique, Paris

Anthropomorphic Plaque, Possibly the Fire Serpent, Preclassic period
1764381 Anthropomorphic Plaque, Possibly the Fire Serpent, Preclassic period, 800-400 BC (serpentine & cinnabar) by Prehistoric; 23.5x14x1.9 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Views of Norway, early 19th century
Fox catching crabs on the beach of Norway 7, shepherd recovering a lost sheep from a mountain 8, and ship pulled into the maelstrom of Norway or Moskstraumen 9

The White Buffalo, c. 1840 (oil on canvas)
PNP245666 The White Buffalo, c.1840 (oil on canvas) by Catlin, George (1796-1872); Private Collection; (add.info.: to drive herd off a cliff and kill them for meat;)

Tupinamba Indians observed by Hans Staden during his voyage to Brazil, 1552
STC221806 Tupinamba Indians observed by Hans Staden during his voyage to Brazil, 1552, from Newe Welt und Americanische Historien by Johann Ludwig Gottfried, published by Mattaeus Merian, Frankfurt

Odin, Germanic god of war and poetry - engraving, 19th century
LSE4106655 Odin, Germanic god of war and poetry - engraving, 19th century by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: Odin)

Indian Knisteneau emptying the bag of remedies for the calumet ceremony, 1811
LSE4091400 Indian Knisteneau emptying the bag of remedies for the calumet ceremony, 1811. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

God Odin, German image, 1909
LSE4094851 God Odin, German image, 1909 by German School; Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: God Odin, German image, 1909); Photo eLeonard de Selva; out of copyright

Prietre medecin de Californie - in "Encyclopedie des voyages"
LSE4082055 Pritre medecin de Californie - in " Encyclopedie des voyages" by Grasset Saint Sauveur, ed. Paris 1796 by Grasset de Saint-Sauveur

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"Unveiling the Mystical World of Shaman: From Aztec Folk Healers to Siberian Tungus Rituals" Step into the realm of ancient wisdom and spiritual healing as we explore the captivating world of shamanism. Originating from diverse cultures across the globe, shamans have long been revered for their mystical abilities to connect with unseen realms and bring balance to their communities. In the heartland of Mexico, an Aztec folk healer known as a shaman practices spiritual cleansing rituals in bustling Zocalo, Plaza de la Constitucion. With intricate ceremonies passed down through generations, these healers tap into ancestral knowledge to restore harmony within individuals and society. Venturing further north, we encounter a striking Shaman mask from Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, Canada. This artifact represents the rich indigenous traditions found in North America where shamans played vital roles as mediators between humans and spirits. Their profound connection with nature enabled them to guide tribes through challenges and seek divine guidance. Traveling eastward towards Siberia, we glimpse a mesmerizing copper engraving depicting a Tungus shaman adorned with antlers and wielding a ritual drum. The Tungus people believed that these sacred tools allowed shamans to communicate with spirits and harness their power for healing purposes. Such illustrations offer us glimpses into centuries-old rituals that continue to shape Siberian culture today. Closer to home on American soil, legendary figures like Tecumseh and his brother The Prophet emerge as prominent Native American leaders who possessed extraordinary shamanic abilities. These visionary brothers united tribes against colonization while drawing upon their deep-rooted spirituality for guidance during turbulent times. Captured in black-and-white photographs from different eras are Mandan Indians donning bear skins alongside Medicine Men - revered shamans who held immense influence within their communities. Through sacred ceremonies involving dance, song, herbs, and animal symbolism; they sought physical healing while nurturing spiritual growth.