Bloodletter with Standing Human Figure Handle
To attain hallucinatory or transcendent states, shamans and holy men challenge their bodies and minds, undertaking extreme feats of exercise, solitude, sleep deprivation, long fasting, and blood loss. Here, the handle of a bloodletter shows a man with wide, staring eyes, symbo...
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78398
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sculpture
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normalized
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Merrin Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, March 1989 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by gift.
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CC0
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en
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2
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import
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Xochipala
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| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_29.7_DetA_DD_T09.jpg |
| imageCount | 2 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/29.7 |
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