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Viola tricolor 'Black Magic'

Malayan black magic charm

Marionnete representing mother and child, Nigeria, W.Africa. Used in a magic play.

Australian medicine man with magic healing crystal.

Malayan black magic (Ilmu Sihir) charm intended to curse its recipient with a fatal illness.

Advertisment for 'Wellcome's magic ink', the first product prepared and sold by Wellcome, 1869.

Soul catcher, bone magic Soul Case. Eskimo. Used by the Shaman to retrieve a lost soul, or to contain the soul of a departed relative. Engraved in conventional design. Hollow bone, covered at one end with wooden plug.

Male figures with emphasised sexual organs, carved wood. Probably Congo, Africa.

Effigy of a Shaman from Haida Tribe, late 19th century.

Four eagle-stone geodes. Woodcut, 1599.

Amulets showing variety of types, Pacific and Africa.

Persian magical chart, framed

Hindi Manuscript 287, folio 310a

Hindi Manuscript 281, folio 265b

Hindi Manuscript 340, folio 5a

Hindi Manuscript 320, folio 3a

Hindi Manuscript 320, folio 4b

Wellcome museum, primitive medicine: magical cures

Indic Manuscript 329, folio 5b

Hindi Manuscript 317, folio 2b

Wellcome museum, primitive medicine: amulets

Hindi Manuscript 338, folio 1a

Hindi Manuscript 503, folio 18b

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Viola tricolor 'Black Magic'

Malayan black magic charm

Malayan black magic charm

Malayan black magic charm

Marionnete representing mother and child, Nigeria, W.Africa. Used in a magic play.

Australian medicine man with magic healing crystal.

Malayan black magic (Ilmu Sihir) charm intended to curse its recipient with a fatal illness.

Advertisment for 'Wellcome's magic ink', the first product prepared and sold by Wellcome, 1869.

Soul catcher, bone magic Soul Case. Eskimo. Used by the Shaman to retrieve a lost soul, or to contain the soul of a departed relative. Engraved in conventional design. Hollow bone, covered at one end with wooden plug.

Male figures with emphasised sexual organs, carved wood. Probably Congo, Africa.

Effigy of a Shaman from Haida Tribe, late 19th century.

Four eagle-stone geodes. Woodcut, 1599.

Amulets showing variety of types, Pacific and Africa.

Persian magical chart, framed

Hindi Manuscript 287, folio 310a

Hindi Manuscript 281, folio 265b

Hindi Manuscript 340, folio 5a

Hindi Manuscript 320, folio 3a

Hindi Manuscript 320, folio 4b

Wellcome museum, primitive medicine: magical cures

Indic Manuscript 329, folio 5b

Hindi Manuscript 317, folio 2b

Wellcome museum, primitive medicine: amulets

Hindi Manuscript 338, folio 1a

Hindi Manuscript 503, folio 18b