Medicine man
Indigenous healers have often been reduced to stereotypes in popular media, particularly through the outdated term "medicine man". Behind these oversimplified portrayals lies a rich tradition of healing knowledge, spiritual wisdom, and cultural practices - each unique to its community and deserving of proper recognition.
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Zandschilderij op spaanplaat met gekleurd zand, en gemalen rotsgesteente. Afgebeeld is een menselijk figuur. Hij stelt de dansende gemaskerde Navajo medicijnman Yei-Bei-Choe voor, die 3-5-9 dagen danst tijdens ceremonien.
Nachlass von Ernst Wahle (1889-1981), Dt. Archäologie, Prof. in Heidelberg (Provenienz)
Indianer & Indianerin : Squaw & Indianerbaby & Köchin & Medizinmann & Tänzer : Indianerdorf & Lagerfeuer : Kochstelle & Bratspieß & Trommler & Häuptling & Kanufahrer; 9 Massefiguren und 1 Masseobjekt, Marke Elastoli…
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Lettering: Ubb. 44. Ein Medizinmann der Maiduguri, phot. E.L. Temple.
Cashibo People
Caption: inscription: printed back: Colored Cabinets of Noted Indians Photographed and Published by F. Jay Haynes, St. Paul, Minn.
Photograph of a Medicine man, Hausa, West Africa. Presented by Dr. Nadel, June 1937.
Portrait of Jose Saiow, Laguna Pueblo medicine-man
Lettering: A medicine man, Navajo. P.12. Curtis. Copyright 1904 by E.S. Curtis x168.; 'A medicine man, Navajo'
Lettering: Medicine man of the Navajo tribe, Coolidge, N.M., (Arizona) ; gift from Malvina Hoffman, 25 Villa Chauvelot, Paris, XV, for H.S. Wellcome ; Jan. 1937. Bears accession number: PHO 9201. Lettering on photograph verso in ink and pencil almost cert…
Orokaiva People
EM: 0178.0083
Arhuaco People; EM:0758.0379; ica
0186.0015; 1927; Manker, Ernst (1932) Niombo. Die Totenbestattung der Babwende (pp. 159-172). Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 64. Jahrg., H. 4/6; …
0759.0048; seraculeh; sarakole; …
0160.0006; Female witchdoctor.; Zuluer, kvinnotyper, "trollkvinnor".
fyysinen kuvaus: Pääluettelo: Celebes, Bora. Talipoehoe. Huvudbonad för kailiernas medicinmän eller rättare överstepräster - tobajasa. Dragas på tvären på huvudet. Framsidan ornamenterad. Tre tofsar av hönsfjädrar instuckna i kullens mitt, en slags gradbe…
Lettering: Ubb. 128. Ein Zauberdoktor vom Ntumbasee. Phot. Joseph C ...
Gallery of primitive medicine, 1946. Section showing Medicine Man's costume and equipment.
Berlin: Intergraphik 1973, No. 522 (publication)
Lettering: Ejecting a demon. JL. ...
Lettering: A Zulu lady doctor of renown, practising in Basutoland. Photograph by T. Lindsay Fairclough.