857-47382 - A skull whearing a wig, found in Chihuahua is displayed in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, December 1, 2011. The National Museum of Anthropology and History museum(Museo Nacional de Antropologia e Historia) is located in the histori
1196-29 - Nepal. Sonam & boom praying at charnel grounds. Humla. Vajrayana is tantric mahasiddha, lives fearlessly in terrifying places like remote jungles charnel grounds. nyingma lamas perform ritual at cremation grounds. lama rattles damaru, a small ritual drum to have origins in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bones dried human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. other lama, boom blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers
1196-219 - Nepal. Ritual, sonam/boom. Lobsangs cremation. Humla. traveler reached of journey! In freedom of infinite he is free from sorrow, fetters that bound thrown away, burning fever of life is no more,oesays dharmapada. Lobsang having spent whole life preparing moment of death, finds liberation on february 14, 1986. Extensive ritual follows cremation-traditionally a forty nine period, sonam lama rattles damaru. A small ritual drum to have origin in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bone dreid human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. Boom lama blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers. On makeshift altar rest chhome, votive lamps filled with butter, cups of water, grains, tormas, holy food made of barley meal decorated with medallions of butter offered to gods. Alone, boom lama continues prayers of deceased
817-383132 - Charnel of Capela dos Ossos or bones chapel, in the Franciscan monastery Evora, town delcarated World Heritage by UNESCO Coimbra District Alentejo Portugal
817-383131 - Charnel of Capela dos Ossos or bones chapel, in the Franciscan monastery Evora, town delcarated World Heritage by UNESCO Coimbra District Alentejo Portugal
817-383133 - Charnel of Capela dos Ossos or bones chapel, in the Franciscan monastery Evora, town delcarated World Heritage by UNESCO Coimbra District Alentejo Portugal
979-5227 - National Geographic Photographer Ralph Lee Hopkins with a walrus skull (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) on the tundra off Freemansundet, Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway
979-2045 - Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) skull found on the beach at Isla Magdalena, Baja, California Sur. Pacific Ocean. Possible by-catch in purse-seiner?
979-2046 - Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) skull found on the beach at Isla Magdalena, Baja, California Sur. Pacific Ocean. Possible by-catch in purse-seiner?
979-2060 - Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) skull (note the cusped teeth) on the beach near the Antarctic Peninsula. Weddell seals used to be hunted as food for dog sled teams.
979-3749 - National Geographic Photographer Ralph Lee Hopkins with a walrus skull (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) on the tundra off Freemansundet, Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway
817-321066 - Memorial Interallie, memorial for the victims of the World Wars, the monument of Greece, Photomontage, Liege, Wallonia, Wallonie, Belgium, Europe
817-172061 - Koundou Ando cavern, it accomodates a hunter and healer with his fetishes, He is a very important carachter in Dogon culture, Dogon Country, Mali.
823-488 - Skull of Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei), holotype 1902, Museum fur Natuurkunde, Berlin, discovered by Captain Robert von Beringe, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa
823-487 - Skull of Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei), holotype 1902, Museum fur Natuurkunde, Berlin, discovered by Captain Robert von Beringe, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa