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Horns

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  • A vaccinated man grows horns in front of a couple with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.
  • A 14th century silver drinking horn with explanatory text. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • An African medicine man or shaman applying the technique of cupping to a patient (using animal horns), which involves drawing blood to the surface of the body. Watercolour.
  • The healer.
  • A hairy goat with long curved horns. Engraving.
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Catalogue

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    Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

    | Date: [1671] | Reference: 24654i
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    A hairy goat with long curved horns. Engraving.

    | Reference: 39846i
    • Ephemera
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    To the curious in nature : the Horned Woman : who has a horn growing on her head, like those in a young ram.

    | Date: [between 1750 and 1793?]
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    A vaccinated man grows horns in front of a couple with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.

    | Date: [C. 1800] | Reference: 16164i
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    A medicine or shaman adorned with white paint, standing above a sick man trying to drive away the disease. Halftone.

    | Reference: 21329i
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