Shamanism Collection

Mandan Indians, with Medicine Man in Bear Skin, c1875. The Mandan traditionally lived along the banks of the Missouri River and two of its tributaries, the Heart and the Knife

Native American shaman, 1841. Artist: Myers and Co
Native American shaman, 1841. A print from North American Indians, Wiley and Putnam, 1841

Sacred shamanic tree on Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, Europe

Indian shaman from America leading a dance at a ceremony
NWI4898335 Indian shaman from America leading a dance at a ceremony.; (add.info.: Indian shaman from America leading a dance at a ceremony.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Natives of the Aleutian Islands, hunter in sealskins with kayak oar and hunting dog, and shamans in sacred robes
FLO4620965 Natives of the Aleutian Islands, hunter in sealskins with kayak oar and hunting dog, and shamans in sacred robes

Indian chef potano Utina, 1591 (engraving)
2435407 Indian chef potano Utina, 1591 (engraving) by Bry, Theodor de (1528-98); (add.info.: USA. Gravure in: Indorum Floridam provinciam inhabitantium eicones. Coll. Part. History. USA)

Teleuts and tungouse (tungouze) costumes (China and Russia): shaman women, with their ritual drums
FLO4634599 Teleuts and tungouse (tungouze) costumes (China and Russia): shaman women, with their ritual drums. Below, two tungouts hunters weapons

Khakas or Khakas shamans from Saygachi, near Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. They wear helmets decorated with antlers
FLO4723184 Khakas or Khakas shamans from Saygachi, near Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. They wear helmets decorated with antlers, leather dresses covered with animal bones and hold sacred drums

The feathered snake, Ko Lo Wissi, from the Pueblo Indians, mythological and sacred figure of the Pueblo religion
NWI4894567 The feathered snake, Ko Lo Wissi, from the Pueblo Indians, mythological and sacred figure of the Pueblo religion (New Mexico)

Indian ceremony of a tribe from the south east, involving a ritual of fire, circa 1500
NWI4894135 Indian ceremony of a tribe from the south east, involving a ritual of fire, circa 1500. In the centre of a tent village, the sorcerer poured liquid on flames

African indigenous: shaman summoning rain in the Congo Valley, 19th century. Colourful engraving of the 19th century
NWI4854507 African indigenous: shaman summoning rain in the Congo Valley, 19th century. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: African indigenous)

History of indigenous peoples: Shaman caring for a patient with songs and potions. 19th century coloring engraving
NWI4894955 History of indigenous peoples: Shaman caring for a patient with songs and potions. 19th century coloring engraving.; (add.info.: History of indigenous peoples)

History of Indigenous Peoples: Indian Shaman using images on a buffalo skin to cure a young man's disease
NWI4894809 History of Indigenous Peoples: Indian Shaman using images on a buffalo skin to cure a young man's disease. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

History of Indigenous Peoples: "The Flyer": American shaman Indian of the Colony of Raleigh, 16th century
NWI4896020 History of Indigenous Peoples: "The Flyer": American shaman Indian of the Colony of Raleigh, 16th century

The spirit of the serpent (vipere) of the underground world, of the pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico
NWI4894554 The spirit of the serpent (vipere) of the underground world, of the pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico. (Mythological and sacred figure of the religion of the Pueblo Indians)

Native population of America: Indians. Hiawatha encircled by shamans during a dance for the ceremony, 16th century
NWI4931918 Native population of America: Indians. Hiawatha encircled by shamans during a dance for the ceremony, 16th century

Labantsiksa, shaman of the Khorintzi Buryats people of Siberia. She wears a helmet with antlers
FLO4723139 Labantsiksa, shaman of the Khorintzi Buryats people of Siberia. She wears a helmet with antlers, leather dress decorated with bells, a cape with three entwined serpents

Mythical figure of the flying eagle man, depicted under a rainbow, deity of war and spirit of rain from Pueblo de Zuni
NWI4896679 Mythical figure of the flying eagle man, depicted under a rainbow, deity of war and spirit of rain from Pueblo de Zuni, New Mexico (USA), around 1800

Tribe of the Timucua Indians, 1591 (engraving)
2435431 Tribe of the Timucua Indians, 1591 (engraving) by Bry, Theodor de (1528-98); (add.info.: History. USA. Tribe of the Timucua indians: rite to the sun, with a deer as a totem)

Indians of America: Shaman dance of Indians inside a long house to heal the sick. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4898120 Indians of America: Shaman dance of Indians inside a long house to heal the sick. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Indians of America)

Chukotka shamans, 1910-1929. Creator: Ivan Emelianovich Larin
Chukotka shamans, 1910-1929. From an album containing 296 works offering a glimpse of life in the Russian Far Northeast in the first third of the twentieth century

Altai Shaman with Tambourine in Front of a Traditional Dwelling (Chaadyr), 1911-1913. Creator: Sergei Ivanovich Borisov
Altai Shaman with Tambourine in Front of a Traditional Dwelling (Chaadyr), 1911-1913. From a collection of color postcards of the Altay, or Altai

Shaman's hat Kirka. Selkups, 1920. Creator: A. G. Vargin
Shaman's hat Kirka. Selkups, 1920. V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk

High boots of the shaman Markei from the Bezymyanny ulus, Selkups, 1920. Creator: A. G. Vargin
High boots of the shaman Markei from the Bezymyanny ulus, Selkups, 1920. V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk

A Mrua Medicine Man and his Train, from a sketch by Lieutenant Cameron in Central Africa, 1876. Creator: Unknown
A Mrua Medicine Man and his Train, from a sketch by Lieutenant Cameron in Central Africa, 1876. The people of Urua, or Kasongo's country, are called Mrua

Un sorcier au Congo francais (Il porte en main l'insigne de ses fonctions... 1914. Creator: Unknown)
Un sorcier au Congo francais (Il porte en main l'insigne de ses fonctions: une queue d'elephant); L'Ouest Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

The witch, First Half of 16th cen. Creator: Dossi, Dosso (ca. 1486-1542)
The witch, First Half of 16th cen. Found in the collection of the Palazzo del Te, Mantua

Old Indian witch doctor, between 1900 and 1930. Creator: Frank G. Carpenter
Old Indian witch doctor, between 1900 and 1930

Principal female shaman of the Hupa, c1923. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Principal female shaman of the Hupa, c1923. Hupa woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

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

Bear rattles, 1908, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Bear rattles, 1908, c1908. Rattles of Arikara bear medicine men

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

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

Ovoo made of wood on the shores of Hovsgol Lake. Hovsgol province, Mongolia

A Chukchi Shaman Consulting the Oracle, 1811 (coloured engraving)
CHT166584 A Chukchi Shaman Consulting the Oracle, 1811 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

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

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Shamanism, an ancient spiritual practice deeply rooted in indigenous cultures across the globe, has captivated humanity for centuries. From the Mandan Indians of North America to the Native American shamans depicted by Myers and Co in 1841, these mystical figures have held a profound significance within their communities. One captivating image showcases a Medicine Man adorned in a bear skin, symbolizing his connection with nature's power and wisdom. This portrayal from c1875 offers us a glimpse into the sacred rituals performed by these revered healers. Traveling eastward to Lake Baikal, we encounter a mesmerizing sight - a sacred shamanic tree standing tall against the backdrop of this majestic Siberian lake. Its presence evokes reverence and awe as it serves as a conduit between earthly realms and higher spirits. In Mongolia's Hovsgol province lies another testament to shamanistic beliefs - an Ovoo made of wood on the shores of Hovsgol Lake. This structure represents offerings made to ancestral spirits, seeking guidance and protection for those who dwell nearby. The Chukchi Shaman Consulting the Oracle transports us back to 1811 when colored engravings brought distant cultures closer than ever before. The image captures both curiosity and respect as this wise figure seeks divine insight through ancient divination practices. Jules Ferrario's Le Costume Ancien et Moderne provides further glimpses into shamanism's rich tapestry. We witness powerful female magicians or shamans among Mongolian people in the 18th century; their intricate dances intertwine with spiritual energy that transcends time itself. The Buyrats people also had their own female shaman during this era – her engraved depiction invites contemplation on gender roles within spiritual leadership while highlighting diversity across different tribes' traditions. Venturing beyond North America and Asia, we encounter religious men or shamans from Algonquin town Secota captured in an engraving dating back to 1859-1860.