Ritual Manual of Rites of Repentance to Kannon (Kannon sengi)

Altar cabinet with black lacquered outside and gilded inside, containing three figures on cloud formation resting on one in several ledges worked throne. On the lid sides two rende...

Pipe bag; Lakota; ca. 1870-1880 \nHide, glass beads, porcupine quills, pigments; l. 40 cm. (incl. fringe); w. 13 cm.\nRMV 3158-9; purchased from art dealer Leendert Van Lier, Amste...

Tobacco, smoking, ritual, pipes, tobacco bags Tobacco was a stimulant used by the indigenous people in large parts of North, Central and South America as a sedative, medicine again...

The Abelam people, from the northern area of the Sepik River, are renowned for their spectacular men¿s houses and their complex and lengthy initiation rituals. It begins in childho...

Bronze sculpture from the oppidum of Bujalamé, which was fortuitously located and is currently exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum, has been called the “Sacrifier of Bu...