Panama: a Choco Indian medicine man with musicians during a ceremony to heal a sick boy lying beneath a shelter bearing symbols. Photograph of a process print, ca. 1920 (?).

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1920
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580820i
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Panama: a Choco Indian medicine man with musicians during a ceremony to heal a sick boy lying beneath a shelter bearing symbols. Photograph of a process print, ca. 1920 (?). Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1920

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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 13.3 x 10.2 cm

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Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/47/19

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Healing ceremony in unknown Panama; a Choco Indian medicine man (right) muttering incantations over a sick boy, who is lying beneath a shelter bearing magic symbols. In the left foreground is a fetish with outstretched arms. A flute player and a concertina virtuoso supply the music

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Wellcome Collection 580820i

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