Rite Collection (#18)

Guardians of the volcano, Merapi, Yogyakarta region, island of Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Stilt dancers, New Year celebrations, China, Asia

African Circumcision
Circumcision is a crucial rite of passage in most African societies, the occasion for solemn ceremonies such as this tribal procession in south or west Africa

Book of the Dead, Ptolemaic period 332-30 BC: Thoth, Ibis-headed god, secretary to the gods, weighing heart of deceased (Baboon, his other, manifestation sits)

Msai youth with decorated face
Black clothing and the intricate white patterns on the face of this Msai youth of the Kisongo section signify his recent circumcision

Samburu initiates sing during the month after their circumcision. As their wounds heal, their dances become more energetic

A Samburu initiate with bird skins hanging from his headband. While their wounds heal for a month after circumcision, initiates spend their time wandering in the countryside attempting to kill as

A Samburu initiate takes aim at a bird with a blunt arrow. While their wounds heal for a month after circumcision, initiates spend their time wandering in the countryside attempting to kill as many

A Samburu youth is forcibly restrained after throwing a fit in the tension-filled days leading up to his circumcision. It is not uncommon for Samburu youths and warriors to succumb to hysterical

Gabbra women sing and dance to celebrate a wedding. The traditional metal ornamentation on their heads is called malmal

Kenya, Kajiado, lpartimaro. Two Msai warriors in full regalia. The headress of the man on the left is made from the mane of a lion while the one on the right is fringed with black ostrich feathers

One of the most important Msai ceremonies is the eunoto when warriors become junior elders. Early one morning before the cattle are taken to pasture, their mothers shave their long ochred locks

In their dances, Samburu warriors take it in turns to leap high in the air from a standing position without bending their knees

Samburu warriors, spears in hand, jump into the air without bending their knees during one of their dance routines

A Samburu boy in reflective mood after his circumcision. A day after the ordeal, he will hang in his pierced earlobes copper earrings normally worn by married women

A Samburu youth, his head freshly shaved, has milk poured over him from a wooden gourd-like container decorated with green grass prior to his circumcision

A Dassanech man in full tribal regalia participates in a dance during a month-long ceremony. He wears a cheetah skin draped on his backs and a black ostrich-feather headdress

Roman stucco of Dionysiac rites, 1st century BC
Roman stucco of Dionysiac rites from the Villa Farnese, Rome. On the left is the half-drunken Silenus, a woman before an altar, and a youth playing double-pipes, 1st century BC

Mycenaean gold signet ring picturing a fertility rite, 13th century BC
Mycenaean gold signet ring from Tiryns, picturing a fertility rite. A lion headed genii hold libations in front of a goddess who holds a stemmed chalice

Scythian plaque showing two men drinking from a horn, 4th century BC
Scythian gold plaque showing two men drinking from a horn, probably as part of a blood-brother rite. From Kul Oba in South Russia, now in the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg

Babylonian terracotta plaque showing ritual fornication associated with fertility rites and cult of Ishtar/Astarte), currently at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum

Fresco from the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, c1st century BC-1st century AD
Fresco from the Villa of the Mysteries, dedicated to the rites of Dionysius, Pompeii, Italy, c1st century BC-1st century AD

Wall-paintings from the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, 1st century
Wall-paintings from the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii, showing scenes of initiation into the rites of Dionysus, 1st century

Human sacrifice, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, 1912. Decapitation of a victim tied to a stake in front of the image of a Voodoo god during a Voodoo ceremony

Egyptian Mummy in British Museum, London - Horemheb
Mummy of Horemheb, an adult large-boned man. Ptolomaic Period (332 BC - 31 BC). Painted and gilded hollow-work cartonnage case. Date: circa 332 BC - 31 BC

Egyptian Mummy in British Museum, London - Adult man
Mummy of an adult man, name unknown. The preparation has been carried out with great care and skill by the embalmer, and the rounded

Egyptian Mummy in British Museum, London - Young adult man
Mummy of a young adult man with wooden portrait panel in tempera. Roman Period. Date: circa 140 - 180

Egyptian Mummy in the British Museum, London - Hentmehit
Inner Mummy Cover with portrait face for the mummy of the lady Hentmehit, a priestess of Amun-Ra, chief deity of the Egyptian Empire

Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Toth and Horus give sacred
Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Ptolemaic Dynasty. 2nd century B.C. Dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and falcon god Haroeris. Purification

Worms Mahzor. Prayer book for Jewish holidays. 13th century
Worms Mahzor. Prayer book for Jewish holidays. Germany, 1271-1272. Ink on parchment (facsimile). Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Assyrian Period (912-612 BC). Waterbasin from the Temple of Ashur. 704-681 B.C. Basalt. Decorated with reliefs depicting the rituals of water. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Mass of Pope Benedict XVI in Holy Week. Saint Peters Square. Vatican City

Presentation at the Inca temple of three virgins to be consecrated to the sun. Colored engraving, 1820

Cinerary urn with reliefs depicting Heracles (Hercules) beginning in the Eleusinian Mysteries. Detail. White marble. From the columbarium near Porta Maggiore

Gold phiale. Libation bowl. 4th-3rd century B. C. Metropolita
Greek Art. Hellenistic. Gold phiale. Libation bowl. 4th-3rd century B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Caricature, Lord Salisbury and W E Gladstone, rival political leaders -- Lord Salisbury eats the leek (representing a parliamentary amendment). 1881

Scottish Rite Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Date: 1950s

MARIUS PICTOR (1852-1924). Red sunset, fine morning. 1882-1902. Symbolism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 d Orsay (Orsay Museum)

Ceremonial scene 981. Painting on silk. Chinese art. Painting. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Guimet Museum. Proc: CHINA. NORTH WEST. Dunhuang

Rejouissances des mexicains, au commencement du siecle (The rejoicing of Mexicans at the start of the Century). Celebration of the beginning of Aztec century, consisting of a 52-year cycle

Malekula mask
Malekula ceremonial faced mask. Art from Melanesia. Sculpture on wood. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Museum of African and Oceanic Arts. Proc: VANUATU

Terracotta statuette temple boy Early Hellenistic
Artokoloro

Presentation at the Inca temple of three virgins to be consecrated to the sun. Colored engraving, 1820

Secret Societies (nineteenth century). Initiation ceremony of a new member
Secret Societies (19th-century). Initiation ceremony of a new member. Colored engraving

Meskel ceremony in Lalibela, Ethiopia

Hindoo Rite of Suttee. the Widow Burnt with her Husbands Corpse

The Indian village of Secoton, c. 1570-80 (w / c on paper) (see 1692)
BAL99069 The Indian village of Secoton, c.1570-80 (w/c on paper) (see 1692) by White, John (fl.1570-93); British Museum, London, UK; English, out of copyright

Medicine mask dance (oil on canvas)
XTD82561 Medicine mask dance (oil on canvas) by Kane, Paul (1810-71); Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada; Canadian, out of copyright

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