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Healing of the sick and burial among the indigenous people of the Paria peninsula, Venezuela
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with two representations of rituals of the indigenous people of the Paria peninsula (Venezuela). Above: ritual to cure a sick person of fever by immersing him in the river, driving him around a fire and placing him in a hammock. Below: a dead person is buried and receives food in his grave. In the background, men and women dance around a hammock with the dying person.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineGenezen van zieken en begrafenis bij de oorspronkelijke bevolking van het schiereiland Paria, Venezuala. 1723. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
