Shamanism is a very general (sometimes even debated) concept, comprising mediator-role figures of several different cultures, with great diversity. That is why this image is a tableau. It is created to be a lead image of Wikipedia's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism" class="extiw" title="w:Shamanism">Shamanism</a> article.
GIMPed together by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Physis" title="User:Physis">Physis</a>. The descriptions of the "member images" can be seen at their own description pages. Three of them are licensed in public domain because of being old, but one of them is licensed in a more restrictive way (public domain in the U.S.A.), thus, this is chosen to form the license of the resulting montage.
2008-01-19
<p>The montage is made with GIMP out of the four Wikimedia Commons images:
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<ul><li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yupik_shaman_Nushagak.jpg" class="image" title="Yupik shaman in Nushagak"><img alt="Yupik shaman in Nushagak" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Yupik_shaman_Nushagak.jpg/50px-Yupik_shaman_Nushagak.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="84" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Yupik_shaman_Nushagak.jpg/75px-Yupik_shaman_Nushagak.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Yupik_shaman_Nushagak.jpg/100px-Yupik_shaman_Nushagak.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="924"></a>, licensed PD-old</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shaman.jpg" class="image" title='Sami shaman ("noaide")'><img alt='Sami shaman ("noaide")' src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Shaman.jpg/50px-Shaman.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="68" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Shaman.jpg/75px-Shaman.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Shaman.jpg/100px-Shaman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1313" data-file-height="1792"></a>, licensed PD-old</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SB_-_Altay_shaman_with_drum.jpg" class="image" title="Altai Kizhi or Khakas shaman"><img alt="Altai Kizhi or Khakas shaman" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/SB_-_Altay_shaman_with_drum.jpg/50px-SB_-_Altay_shaman_with_drum.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="77" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/SB_-_Altay_shaman_with_drum.jpg/75px-SB_-_Altay_shaman_with_drum.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/SB_-_Altay_shaman_with_drum.jpg/100px-SB_-_Altay_shaman_with_drum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="607"></a>, licensed PD-old</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldes_shaman_priest_in_his_regalia.png" class="image" title="Shaman with his paraphernalia"><img alt="Shaman with his paraphernalia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Goldes_shaman_priest_in_his_regalia.png/50px-Goldes_shaman_priest_in_his_regalia.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Goldes_shaman_priest_in_his_regalia.png/75px-Goldes_shaman_priest_in_his_regalia.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Goldes_shaman_priest_in_his_regalia.png/100px-Goldes_shaman_priest_in_his_regalia.png 2x" data-file-width="621" data-file-height="489"></a>, licensed PD-US</li></ul>
Thus, one of the member images is licensed more restrictively (PD-US) than the others (PD-old). This most restrictive licensing (PD-US) is given to the resulting montage.