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Borneo: a Dyak man demonstrating the blowpipe. Photograph, 19--.

A Zulu medicine man or shaman. Halftone.

A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting and nose stick, Australia. Colour process print.

A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting, Worgaia, Central Australia. Process print.

Two Malayan exorcists dressed in elaborate ritual costume. Halftone after a photograph by Wiele & Klein.

A native American medicine man with elaborate body painting performing a dance. Wood engraving, 1873.

A medicine or shaman adorned with white paint, standing above a sick man trying to drive away the disease. Halftone.

The customized body / Ted Polhemus ; photography by Housk Randall.

Body modification / edited by Mike Featherstone.

M0003749: Woman with lip decoration with a lip disc, Jur people / M0003750: Woman with lip and nose pierced, Moru people

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The customized body / Ted Polhemus ; photography by Housk Randall.

A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting, Worgaia, Central Australia. Process print.

Body modification / edited by Mike Featherstone.

Borneo: a Dyak man demonstrating the blowpipe. Photograph, 19--.

M0003749: Woman with lip decoration with a lip disc, Jur people / M0003750: Woman with lip and nose pierced, Moru people