Ceremonial Collection (page 7)

Town Crier New Cloak, Fowey, Cornwall. December 1991

Meeting in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall. Date unknown but probably early 1900s
The Mayor addresses a meeting in the Council Chamber. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Christening Group for the Yugoslavian Bakar, J Samuel White and Co, Cowes, Isle of Wight, 1931
Christening Group for the Yugoslavian Bakar, J Samuel White and Co shipyard, Cowes, Isle of Wight, 10 Jan 1931

Mayor Making, Fowey, Cornwall. May 1996
After the Mayor Making ceremony the civic dignitaries gather on the town quay. The ceremony takes place in the town hall, adjoining the quay

An Alderman of the City of London in civic costume, 1805. He is dressed in long robes and holds a three-cornered hat

Mayor Making, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. May 1994
The new Mayor and Mayoress of Lostwithiel, George and Wendy Stuchbery. Councillor Stuchbery served as Mayor in 1994 and 1995. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

Honoured Burgess, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. May 2000
Created Honoured Burgesses of Lostwithiel were Rob Peareth, Ricky Isaacs and Paul Brewer. The three are long-standing members of the town council

Great Sword of State with scabbard, 1953. The piece was commissioned in 1626 for the coronation of Charles I and is now part of the Royal Collection at the Tower of London

The Laughing Cavalier, 1624 (1908-1909). Artist: Frans Hals
The Laughing Cavalier, 1624 (1908-1909). The Laughing Cavalier is a famous painting by the Dutch Baroque artist Frans Hans. The identity of the paintings subject is unknown

Jan Hus Before the Council of Constance, 1415 (1926). Artist: Vaclav Brozik
Jan Hus Before the Council of Constance, 1415 (1926). From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 2: Builders of the Church, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Three Peace-Pipes, Dakota Sioux, North American Indian. Traditionally used to offer prayers in a religious ceremony, to make a ceremonial commitment, or to seal a covenant or treaty

Incense over a medicine bundle, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Incense over a medicine bundle, c1908. Hidatsa Indian (Yellow Owl?) kneeling and holding bowl over bundle

Sons of Yakima chief, 1910, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sons of Yakima chief, 1910, c1910. Two boys in ceremonial dress (feather headdresses, cloth shirts, beaded leggings), standing in striped cloth lodge

Atsina crazy dance-[A dancer kisses the grandfather], c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Atsina crazy dance-[A dancer kisses the grandfather], c1908

Sisiutl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sisiutl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Sisiutl, one of the main dancers in the Winter Dance ceremonies, wearing a double-headed serpent mask and shirt made of hemlock boughs

Gaaskidi [i.e. Ganaskidi]-Navaho, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Gaaskidi [i.e. Ganaskidi]-Navaho, c1905. Photo shows a Navajo man wearing mask of Ganaskidi, god of harvests, plenty, and of mists

Nane-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nane-Qagyuhl, c1914. Man dressed in a full-body bear costume. The bear had the duty of guarding the dance house

Haschebaad-Navaho, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Haschebaad-Navaho, c1905. Barechested Navajo man wearing mask of Haschebaad, a benevolent female deity

Sand painting, Wind Doctor's ceremony-Navaho, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sand painting, Wind Doctor's ceremony-Navaho, c1905

Arikara medicine fraternity-The prayer, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Arikara medicine fraternity-The prayer, c1908. Photo shows Arikara shamans, without shirts, backs to camera, seated in a semi-circle around a sacred cedar tree, tipis in background

Yeibichai initiation outdoors, 1904, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yeibichai initiation outdoors, 1904, c1905. Group of Indians, most on horseback, watching initiation of young Indian man

An incident of the Winter Dance-Nakoaktok, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
An incident of the Winter Dance-Nakoaktok, c1914. Kwakiutl people, some bowing before totem poles in background, others seated facing front as part of the nunhlim ceremony

Masked dancer-Cowichan, c1913. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Masked dancer-Cowichan, c1913. Dancer wearing oversize mask, three rings of feathers in front of clothing, holding a rattle

The Oath-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Oath-Apsaroke, c1908. Three Apsaroke men gazing skyward, two holding rifles, one with object skewered on arrow pointed skyward, bison skull at their feet

Feast march ceremony, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Feast march ceremony, c1905. Several shirtless Apache men, standing with back to camera, wearing feathered headbands, and with body paintings

A Tsunukwa at Kwaustums, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Tsunukwa at Kwaustums, c1914. A Dzoonokwa (or Tsunukwa) totem pole measuring over 20 feet tall, depicting a figure with hands outstretched to receive dowry from the wife's family

The offering-Hu Kalowa Pi ceremony, 1907, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The offering-Hu Kalowa Pi ceremony, 1907, c1907. Teton Indian, Slow Bull(?), holding pipe(?) on skull of bison

Hu Kalowa Pi, the altar complete, 1907, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hu Kalowa Pi, the altar complete, 1907, c1907. Three Native Americans, Slow Bull, Saliva, and Picket Pin, kneeling with bison skull

Incense-Atsina, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Incense-Atsina, c1908. Four Atsina men, each wrapped in a blanket, seated on ground, one with arm and fist raised skyward, one holding a wing

Yeibichai, patient in sweat bath, 1904, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yeibichai, patient in sweat bath, 1904, c1905. Indian wrapped in blanket with medicine man and another man standing over him

Nuhlimahla-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nuhlimahla-Qagyuhl, c1914. Person wearing ceremonial mask of the Nuhlimahla during the during the Winter Dance ceremony. These characters impersonated fools

Yeibichai sweat-Navaho, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yeibichai sweat-Navaho, c1905. Three Navajo men, seated, watching over a man covered with a blanket(?) anchored by sticks with feathers attached

Snake dancers entering the plaza, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Snake dancers entering the plaza, c1905. Spectators gathered on hillside and rooftop, snake dancers below

A Flathead dance, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Flathead dance, c1910. Flathead men dance in front of tepees under pine trees, river in background

Yebichai prayer, E, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yebichai prayer, E, c1906. Navajo Indians in costumes, dancing

Singing deeds of valor, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Singing deeds of valor, c1908. Two Dakota men playing hand drums outside of a tipi

Tablita dance-San Ildefonso, 1905, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tablita dance-San Ildefonso, 1905, c1905. Tewa Indians dancing outside of adobe buildings

Pgwis-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Pgwis-Qagyuhl, c1914. Kwakiutl person wearing mask of mythical creature Pgwis (man of the sea)

Hamatsa-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hamatsa-Qagyuhl, c1914. Kwakiutl man, full-length portrait, standing, facing front

Hami-Koskimo, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hami-Koskimo, c1914. Koskimo person wearing full-body fur garment, oversized gloves and mask of Hami ("dangerous thing") during the numhlim ceremony

Hamasilahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hamasilahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Ceremonial dancer, full-length portrait, standing, wearing mask and a fur garments during the Winter Dance ceremony

Maskette-Nunivak, c1929. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Maskette-Nunivak, c1929. Eskimo man, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing headdress consisting of a protruding headband around the crown of his head, feathers, and a wooden bird head in front

Kwahwumhl-Koskimo, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Kwahwumhl-Koskimo, c1914. Dancer wearing raven mask with coat of cormorant skins during the numhlin ceremony

Zahadolzhá-Navaho, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Zahadolzha-Navaho, c1904. A Navajo man, full-length, in ceremonial dress including mask and body paint

Kominaka dancer, 1910, c1911. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Kominaka dancer, 1910, c1911. Kwakiutl Indian in costume with skulls

High Hawk, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
High Hawk, c1907. High Hawk, standing, facing left, in ceremonial dress, war bonnet and holding a coup stick

Group of Winter Dancers-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Group of Winter Dancers-Qagyuhl, c1914. Ceremonial dancers, in a circle during the Winter Dance ceremony, wearing masks and garments of fur, feathers, and other materials

The wedding party - Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The wedding party - Qagyuhl, c1914. Photograph shows Kwakwa ka wakw wedding party in two canoes at shoreline; bride and groom stand on "bride's seat" in the stern as a relative of

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