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  • Terracotta representation of a kneeling peasant, Africa.
  • Kirikoraha ceremony. The shaman possessed by Bilindi Yaka promises good hunting (henebedda).
  • Amulet 'for warding off the evils of war and sickness'.
  • Dyak transference of suffering to inanimate substitutes
  • Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia. In the form of square plaques, decorated.
  • Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia. In the form of a group of animals. Photographed to show their heads.
  • Amuletic stone figurines to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Terracotta representation of a kneeling peasant, Africa.
  • Amuletic stone figurines to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Steam bath to drive out sickness, Orokaiva Papua, New Guinea.
  • Clay figure of Ale in a Mbari shrine, Oratta Ibo
  • Amuletic stone animals to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Model of haida Shaman's gravehouse.
  • Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia. In the form of a group of animals. Photographed to show their heads.
  • Amuletic stone animals to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia. In the form of a group of animals. Photographed to show the top of the group.
  • Kirikoraha ceremony. The shaman about to spin the pot (henebedda).
  • Amuletic stone figurines to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Grotesque human figure carved in ivory, Belgian Congo.