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Edward S. Curtis: Shamans Photographs

12 Edward S. Curtis photographs of shamans, from the Library of Congress archive.

Hu Kalowa Pi ceremony, 1907

Hu Kalowa Pi ceremony

1907

Nesjaja Hatali - Navaho, 1904

Nesjaja Hatali - Navaho

1904

Night medicine men, Great Plains, 1908

Night medicine men

1908

Arikara medicine fraternity--The prayer, North Dakota, 1908

Arikara medicine fraternity--The prayer

1908

Hamatsa emerging from the woods--Koskimo, British Columbia, 1914

Hamatsa emerging from the woods--Koskimo

1914

Offering to the sun--San Ildefonso, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, 1927

Offering to the sun--San Ildefonso

1927

The offering--San Ildefonso, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, 1927

The offering--San Ildefonso

1927

Hatali Nez, 1905

Hatali Nez

1905

Slow Bull, 1907

Slow Bull

1907

Slow Bull, 1907

Slow Bull

1907

Yebichai, patient in sweat bath, 1904

Yebichai, patient in sweat bath

1904

Hupa female shaman, California, 1923

Hupa female shaman

1923

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