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Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]

Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]

An Algonquian burial house showing bodies on a raised platform and a priest squatting by a fire beneath the platform. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wi... More

The Natche, a ceremony in honour of the Kings son in Tongataboo [i.e. Tongatabu] / Webber del. ; Angus sc.
Fujisawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Fujisawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two travelers, a man and a women or both women, and a porter at a shrine on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Zaravshanskii okrug. Mazar sviatago Daniara (Daniila) v okrestnostiakh g. Samarkanda

Zaravshanskii okrug. Mazar sviatago Daniara (Daniila) v okrestnostiakh...

Photograph shows the porch(?) of the shrine. In the background, hills. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 107.

Sacrifice stone, court of the Muse[um, Mexico]

Sacrifice stone, court of the Muse[um, Mexico]

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Festivities after Ramadan in Moslem cemetery, Jaffa, Palestine

Festivities after Ramadan in Moslem cemetery, Jaffa, Palestine

4871 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Title on recto of item.

The Ko-ya-ma-shi make merry after the dancing of the Shalako / Ben Wittick Photo.

The Ko-ya-ma-shi make merry after the dancing of the Shalako / Ben Wit...

Spectators watch dancers in plaza of pueblo. 3137-8 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Ben Wittick. No. 642.

[African American men, women and children outside of church]

[African American men, women and children outside of church]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 274. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Snake priest / E.S. Curtis.

Edward S. Curtis - Snake priest / E.S. Curtis.

Native American man seated, three-quarter-length, facing front. No. 672.

A Southern baptism - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

A Southern baptism - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

Locale and date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09371. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Preparing the pit of white-hot stones for the bare feet of the "fire-walkers", Fiji Islands

Preparing the pit of white-hot stones for the bare feet of the "fire-w...

Stereograph shows men with long poles arranging hot stones in a pit for "fire-walking" act, as spectators watch from above. H69308 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8105. U-86615. Copyright, 1906 [i.e., 1905], by Und... More

[Tewa Indian guard at top of the kiva stairs, San Ildefonso, New Mexico]

[Tewa Indian guard at top of the kiva stairs, San Ildefonso, New Mexic...

H71007 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1736-05. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 17, pl. 584.

Edward S. Curtis - Placing kedan

Edward S. Curtis - Placing kedan

Navajo man impersonating Yebichai, placing feather sticks around the sweat. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1062-04.

Receiving presents after a three days fast in the medicine lodge

Receiving presents after a three days fast in the medicine lodge

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Fasting, Native Americans

Edward S. Curtis - Fasting, Native Americans

Teton Sioux Indian performing vision cry ceremony through fasting and chanting to the Great Mystery. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2504-07. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. ... More

School children in front of St. James Cathedral receiving the blessing of the Papal Legate, Cardinal Vannutelli, Sept. 9, 1910--21st International Eucharistic Congress, Montreal, Canada

School children in front of St. James Cathedral receiving the blessing...

15,000 to 20,000 children from parochial schools marching past the cathedral. J147595 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 16310.

Edward S. Curtis - Whale ceremonial - Clayoquot. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Edward S. Curtis - Whale ceremonial - Clayoquot. Book illustration fro...

Nootka indian taking ceremonial bath, before whale hunt. J150302 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 3366-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S.... More

The Men's Bible Class of the First M.E. Church of Vandalia, Ill., W. M. Folger, teacher

The Men's Bible Class of the First M.E. Church of Vandalia, Ill., W. M...

J156292 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; De Witt Panoramic View Co.; May 27, 1911; DLC/PP-1911:44192. On front: "Panoramic photo taken be C. S. De Witt, May 7, 1911, De Witt Studio, Vandalia, Ill., bran... More

Ste. Genevive [sic], Missouri Porochial [sic] School

Ste. Genevive [sic], Missouri Porochial [sic] School

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children group portrait, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Medicine lodge in winter - Public domain  print

Medicine lodge in winter - Public domain print

Photograph shows two Siksika (Blackfoot) men seated on blanket. J165151 U.S. Copyright Office.

Akdamar Monastery [i.e., Sourp Khatch, Church of the Holy Cross] in Van

Akdamar Monastery [i.e., Sourp Khatch, Church of the Holy Cross] in Va...

J264476 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Vartan A. Hampikian, New York. Title also in Armenian. No. 7.

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Apache devil dancer from an Indian painting, Arizona / / Siegriest.

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...

Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Apache devil dancer. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of th... More

Negro churches - Presbyterian Church, Wash., D.C

Negro churches - Presbyterian Church, Wash., D.C

Photograph shows former building of 15th Street Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900.

Obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Obriezanie (batga [sic] buri)

Obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Obriezanie (batga [sic] buri)

Photograph shows a group of men seated on the ground near a small boy who is being circumcised. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 71. "Batga [sic] ... More

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More

Aaron, portrait print - Print, Library of Congress collection

Aaron, portrait print - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows Aaron, half-length portrait, facing left, holding incense censer. E9446 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Schile.

Der Berg ʻArafah während der jährlichen Pilgerversammlung (von Süden aus gesehen)

Der Berg ʻArafah während der jährlichen Pilgerversammlung (von Süden a...

Photograph shows pilgrims with camels and livestock gathered at a rest station near ʻArafah east of Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the Hajj. Pilgrims are wearing Ihrām clothing. After gathering at ʻArafah, pilgrim... More

The holy place / lith'y. of A. Kollner cor. of Dock & 2nd, Philadelphia ; H. Camp print.

The holy place / lith'y. of A. Kollner cor. of Dock & 2nd, Philadelphi...

Print shows, at center, a priest putting incense into a censer on "The Altar of Incense", a large portable stand with carrying rods on two sides; a small censer sits on the floor nearby. On the left is "The Gol... More

Hanaarashi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain  drawing

Hanaarashi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain drawing

Print shows on the left, two women consoling a third woman, in the center, one woman lifting another woman so she can attach a slip of paper to tree branch, and on the right, a woman standing on a bucket and ho... More

The Natives of Florida worship the column erected by the commander on his first voyage

The Natives of Florida worship the column erected by the commander on ...

Chief Athore with René Laudonnière, commander of the second French expedition to Florida, standing by column erected by Jean Ribaut during first expedition, showing Natives worshiping the column and many offeri... More

Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Samarkand. Evreiskaia molel'nia - (kenisa)

Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Samarkand. Evreiskaia molel'nia - (kenisa)

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 77. "Kenisa" translated from Hebrew as "geniza.'

Exterior of the Haram-Ash-Shárif. Wailing place of the Jews / P. Bergheim, photo.

Exterior of the Haram-Ash-Shárif. Wailing place of the Jews / P. Bergh...

Illus. in: Ordnance survey of Jerusalem / by Charles W. Wilson, under the direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, 1865, p. 15b.

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnyia litsa pri mecheti. Makhsurakhan, Kary Mukhamed-Sherif

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnyia litsa pri mechet...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 60.

Pogrebal'nye obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Indieiskie pokhorony

Pogrebal'nye obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Indieiskie pokhorony

Photograph shows three men laying wood on top of a body lying on a wooden bier. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 75.

[Religious figure, possibly Buddha, standing on a lotus, facing slightly left, holding a staff, with a green halo behind his head]

[Religious figure, possibly Buddha, standing on a lotus, facing slight...

Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Suffer little children to come unto me

Suffer little children to come unto me

Print shows two little girls placing flowers on a large stone cross entwinned with a banner that states "Suffer little children to come unto me." L1029 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyrigh... More

Faith, hope and purity - Public domain portrait drawing

Faith, hope and purity - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a young woman wearing a white dress, with her back to a cross decorated with flowers, and with her right arm raised, holding onto the cross. L1032 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by George Stinson... More

A baptism of North American Indians - Mormons posing as the apostles of Christianity

A baptism of North American Indians - Mormons posing as the apostles o...

A Mormon baptizing an Indian in front of a group of Indians; photographer with camera in right foreground. Illus. from: Graphic, 1882 Sept. 2, p. 221.

Aztec calendar stone - Mammoth Plate Photograph

Aztec calendar stone - Mammoth Plate Photograph

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique stone sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

New Mexico. The Rain Dance. Zuni Pueblo

New Mexico. The Rain Dance. Zuni Pueblo

Photograph shows Zuni men doing the Rain Dance as people watch from surrounding pueblo buildings. No. 53299.

[Unidentified cemetery in Georgia]

[Unidentified cemetery in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 223. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Interior of the beautiful Armenian Church, Jerusalem, Palestine

Interior of the beautiful Armenian Church, Jerusalem, Palestine

H6612 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co. Title from recto of item. No. 1353. Exhibited: "1512 AD : Armenia" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., April-June 2012.

Edward S. Curtis - Preparing the sweat

Edward S. Curtis - Preparing the sweat

Four Navajo Indians preparing hot embers, covering them with brush and weeds on second day of Yebichai ceremony. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1054-04.

Feast march ceremony, portrait of american indian man

Feast march ceremony, portrait of american indian man

Several shirtless Apache men, standing with back to camera, wearing feathered headbands, and with body paintings.

Edward S. Curtis - Prayer to the Great Mystery, (Slow Bull)

Edward S. Curtis - Prayer to the Great Mystery, (Slow Bull)

Slow Bull, squatting, wearing breechcloth, holding pipe with mouthpiece pointing skyward, buffalo skull at his feet. H104320 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2507-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection... More

At prayer in the mosque, Damascus, Syria

At prayer in the mosque, Damascus, Syria

Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - [Arikara medicine ceremony--the Bears]

Edward S. Curtis - [Arikara medicine ceremony--the Bears]

Photo shows six men standing in line in front of cedar tree, holding rattles and singing. H118588 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from published source. Curtis no. 2890-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collecti... More

Moqui (Hopi) snake dance, Walpi, Ariz.

Moqui (Hopi) snake dance, Walpi, Ariz.

Copyright by Elbridge Ayer Burbank. Public domain photograph of military parade, army ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - [Dancer with black deer effigy--Hupa]

Edward S. Curtis - [Dancer with black deer effigy--Hupa]

Hupa Indian dancer holding head and skin of deer. J262666 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3820. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edwa... More

Edward S. Curtis - At the pool, animal dance--Cheyenne

Edward S. Curtis - At the pool, animal dance--Cheyenne

Cheyenne people gathered along waterfront, some dipping hands in water, some carrying umbrellas. J293253 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North America... More

A Negro church in a corn field, Manning, S.C.

A Negro church in a corn field, Manning, S.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More

[Humorous picture showing Chinese religious practices (Raijin, the Japanese God of Thunder, ranting to a crowd of Chinese Buddhist worshippers)]

[Humorous picture showing Chinese religious practices (Raijin, the Jap...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

Sōshū enoshima benzaiten kaicyō sankei gunshū no zu

Sōshū enoshima benzaiten kaicyō sankei gunshū no zu

Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More

From the rising unto the setting of the sun the Lord's name is to be praised!

From the rising unto the setting of the sun the Lord's name is to be p...

Two lions holding Magen David, with Hebrew text. 9448S U.S. Copyright Office. Exhibited: "From the Ends of the Earth : Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress" at the Library of Congress, 1988-1989. Exhibi... More

Die zwischen Muna und ʻArafah gelegene Pilgerstation Muzdalʾfah

Die zwischen Muna und ʻArafah gelegene Pilgerstation Muzdalʾfah

Photograph shows pilgrims with camels and livestock gathered at a rest station near ʻArafah (Mount Arafat) east of Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the Hajj. A mosque is in the background. After gathering at ʻArafah... More

Oestlicher Theil des Thales Muna

Oestlicher Theil des Thales Muna

Photograph shows pilgrims with tents, camels and livestock gathered in the Miná Valley near Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the Hajj. Title from caption list in portfolio. Plate no. XI in portfolio: Bilder aus Mekka... More

Hanaarashi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain scenic drawing

Hanaarashi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows on the left, two women consoling a third woman, in the center, one woman lifting another woman so she can attach a slip of paper to tree branch, and on the right, a woman standing on a bucket and ho... More

Religioznye obriay i obychai Tadzhikov. Vnutrennost' mecheti Kok Gumbaz v g. Ura-Tiube

Religioznye obriay i obychai Tadzhikov. Vnutrennost' mecheti Kok Gumba...

Photograph shows three men seated inside the mosque of Kok Gumbaz in Ura Tyube. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 57.

Dritte Anischt desselben ; im Hintergrund windet sich der Weg nach Mekka Das Grab der Mèjmūnah und die nächste Umgebung.

Dritte Anischt desselben ; im Hintergrund windet sich der Weg nach Mek...

Photograph IXa depicts the tents of pilgrims during the Hajj near the tomb of Sittanā Mèymūnah, one of the wives of the Prophet Muḥammad on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Photograph IXb shows the tomb of... More

Miyamōde, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain portrait drawing

Miyamōde, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a woman walking with a young woman or maid, returning from a visit to a shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Ha... More

The tabernacle in the wilderness, and plan of the encampment. Exod. XI. 2 / lith'y. of A. Kollner Philadelphia ; H. Camp's lith'c. press.

The tabernacle in the wilderness, and plan of the encampment. Exod. XI...

Print shows a temporary tabernacle building surrounded by a curtained wall in a large clearing with tents comprising the "First Division Camp of Judah" on the east side, the "Second Division Camp of Reuben" on ... More

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnye litsa pri mechetiakh. Molitva v prazdnik Ramazana (Namazi Idi-Ramazan). V g. Tashkendie , v mecheti Sheikhantaura

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnye litsa pri mecheti...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 59. "Namazi Idi-Ramazan" translated from Persian as: prayer of Id of Ramadan.

Religioznye obriay i obychai Tadzhikov. Azan vozvieshchenie o vremeni molitvy

Religioznye obriay i obychai Tadzhikov. Azan vozvieshchenie o vremeni ...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 57.

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnye litsa pri mechetiakh. Zavieduiushchii vakufnym imushchestvom (mutevali) In Am Khodzha-Ishan

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnye litsa pri mecheti...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 59. "Mutevali" translated from Arabic as: manager.

Creed crusher, or, spiritual mill for pulverizing creed &c., : God dwelleth not in temples made with hands, Acts 17 c. 24 v. /

Creed crusher, or, spiritual mill for pulverizing creed &c., : God dwe...

Includes text and col. ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Front view of San Xavier del Bec [i.e., Bac]

Front view of San Xavier del Bec [i.e., Bac]

Public domain image of a cathedral or church building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Mythological blue Buddhist or Hindu figure, full-length, standing on small island among waves, facing right, against backdrop of flames with phoenix head]

[Mythological blue Buddhist or Hindu figure, full-length, standing on ...

Japanese(?) text inscribed to the left of the image. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese... More

Shishi (lion) placed in front of shinto temples

Shishi (lion) placed in front of shinto temples

Japanese text appears on the right, outside the image box. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Ja... More

Aztec calendar stone, City of Mexico

Aztec calendar stone, City of Mexico

In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 51150. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.

The last scene of the last act of the Sioux war / drawn by H.F. Farny.

The last scene of the last act of the Sioux war / drawn by H.F. Farny.

Print shows a Native warrior laid to rest on a scaffold, with a Native seated and a horse lying on the ground beneath; to the right, in the background, wolves or coyotes have gathered. Illus. in: Harper's week... More

Icon A Southern baptism, public domain photograph

Icon A Southern baptism, public domain photograph

Public domain image of coupe, engagement, family, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Interior view of chapel filled with female students at the Tuskegee Institute]

[Interior view of chapel filled with female students at the Tuskegee I...

Corresponding photoprint is filed in LOT 2962. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston collection (Library of Congress).

Edward S. Curtis - Yebichai initiation outdoors

Edward S. Curtis - Yebichai initiation outdoors

Group of Indians, most on horseback, watching initiation of young Indian man. No. 1051-04.

Edward S. Curtis - Yebichai, patient in sweat bath

Edward S. Curtis - Yebichai, patient in sweat bath

Indian wrapped in blanket with medicine man and another man standing over him. No. 1058-04.

Edward S. Curtis - Gaaskidi [i.e. Ganaskidi]--Navaho

Edward S. Curtis - Gaaskidi [i.e. Ganaskidi]--Navaho

Photo shows a Navajo man wearing mask of Ganaskidi, god of harvests, plenty, and of mists. H55592 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1070-04. On verso: Gaaskidi (i.e. Ganaskidi), the horn mask, God of harvest. ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Tonenili--Navaho

Edward S. Curtis - Tonenili--Navaho

Navajo man bedecked in hemlock boughs and mask of a clown associated with the mischievous rain god Tonenili, "Water Sprinkler". H525859 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1067-04. Forms part of: Edward S. Curti... More

Edward S. Curtis - Saliva, Slow Bull (in background), Picket Pin's arm

Edward S. Curtis - Saliva, Slow Bull (in background), Picket Pin's arm

Three Dakota men, seated or kneeling on ground, one attending to bison skull. H104330 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2517-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Edward S. Curtis - Hu Kalowa Pi ceremony

Edward S. Curtis - Hu Kalowa Pi ceremony

Photograph shows Saliva, an Oglala Sioux priest, dressed for the Hu Kalowa Pi ceremony. H104336 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2524-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Publ... More

Edward S. Curtis - [Hu ka-lowa pifire-carrier bringing the skull]

Edward S. Curtis - [Hu ka-lowa pifire-carrier bringing the skull]

Man in breechcloth, bending over buffalo skull. H118509 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 2446-08. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. ... More

Portrait photo of Substitute sacred head-dress--Piegan

Portrait photo of Substitute sacred head-dress--Piegan

Piegan woman, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing headdress made of ermine tails, feathers, and bunches of grass.

Edward S. Curtis - [Sun dance pledgers--Cheyenne]

Edward S. Curtis - [Sun dance pledgers--Cheyenne]

Two young men in ceremonial paint. J150280 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3250-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis... More

Edward S. Curtis - Sweat lodge frame - Cheyenne

Edward S. Curtis - Sweat lodge frame - Cheyenne

J150281 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3253-10. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curt... More

Monks from nearby monastery holding ceremony on the banks of the Jordan, blessing the water

Monks from nearby monastery holding ceremony on the banks of the Jorda...

Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nuhlimkilaka--Koskimo, Native Americans of British Columbia

Nuhlimkilaka--Koskimo, Native Americans of British Columbia

Kwakiutl person wearing an oversize mask and hands representing a forest spirit, Nuhlimkilaka, ("bringer of confusion").

Old Jewish cemetery, Vilna, Russia - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Old Jewish cemetery, Vilna, Russia - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Frank Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Pueblo turtle dancers from an Indian painting, New Mexico / / Siegriest.

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...

Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Pueblo turtle dancers. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of ... More

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Eskimo mask, western Alaska/ / Siegriest.

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...

Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Eskimo mask.

Religious reliquary "stupa", woman turns prayer wheel in front of the Do-Drul Chorten stupa

Religious reliquary "stupa", woman turns prayer wheel in front of the ...

Photograph shows a woman monk, turning a prayer wheel in front of the Dro-dul Chorten, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in L... More

["Spirit" photograph, supposedly taken during a seance, actually a double exposure or composite of superimposed cut-outs, showing woman, half-length, with head-and-shoulders portraits of men and women around her head] / by John K. Hallowell, Chicago, Ill. ; S.W. Fallis, photographer, Chicago.

["Spirit" photograph, supposedly taken during a seance, actually a dou...

H4015 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by John K. Hallowell. Superimposed images are numbered in margin. No. 9. Annenberg batch 2

Idol, Teoyaomiqui i.e. Coatlicue

Idol, Teoyaomiqui i.e. Coatlicue

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-31419. Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898) In courtyard of National Museum. "6295"... More

Mary Rawls interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-06-13

Mary Rawls interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. ...

Mary Frazier Rawls, born in 1927, shared experiences of her life-long circus career. She began trouping with her parents at a young age and would go on to perform on the high wire for much of her career. Mary t... More

Moki rain maker and chief in costume, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904

Moki rain maker and chief in costume, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904

No. 5786. H52205 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau.

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Invocation--Sioux

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Invocation--Sioux

Photographs shows a Dakota man, wearing breechcloth, holding pipe, with right hand raised skyward. H104321 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2508-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congr... More

Edward S. Curtis - For strength and visions--Apsaroke

Edward S. Curtis - For strength and visions--Apsaroke

Photograph shows an Apsaroke man, leaning back slightly, with strips of leather attached to his chest and tethered to a pole secured by rocks, part of the piercing ritual of the sun dance. H118531 U.S. Copyrigh... More

Edward S. Curtis - At the shrine--Navaho

Edward S. Curtis - At the shrine--Navaho

Three Navajos with horses, gathered before mound of rocks and vegetation. LC no. 80. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Amer... More

[Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chinese Buddhist worshippers in a river]

[Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chine...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Sōshū enoshima benzaiten kaicyō sankei gunshū no zu

Sōshū enoshima benzaiten kaicyō sankei gunshū no zu

Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More

Obriady sovershaemye musul'manami pri molitvie (namaz). Omovenie pered molitvoiu (tarat-Kerden)

Obriady sovershaemye musul'manami pri molitvie (namaz). Omovenie pered...

Photograph shows a Muslim man washing his feet before prayer. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixt... More

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