A Kandyan shaman in full costume. Process print.

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A Kandyan shaman in full costume. Process print. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 print : process print ; image 10.3 x 8.2 cm

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Relic of aboriginal demon worship. ... Lettering continues: "One of the Kandyan devil-dancers whose diabolical performance is warranted to exorcise evil spirits from the sick. Grotesquely arrayed, they dance themselves into a state of frenzy, by which time the patient is usually either killed or cured."

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