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 (?).

1920

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 13.3 x 10.2 cm

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

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

Wellcome Collection 580820i