M0003731: Cherokee scarification instrument

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A reproduction of an illustration showing a scarifacation instrument from the Cherokee tribe called a K'anvga (as known as Kanuga). The instrument, often with seven points, is made of
wood and bone splinters, usually turkey, and was used for blood-letting for medicinal purposes. Cherokee people believe that the blood-letting practice is a highly elaborated rite and the process involves specialists that perform the operation and recite ceremonial prayers as well.

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M0003731: Cherokee scarification instrument

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