Divinatory effigy used by the Yarsi for prognosis of disease.

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Divinatory effigy used by the Yarsi for prognosis of disease. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Female figure in black wood. Divinatory effigy of the type used by the Yarsi, a women's secret society, primarily for divination and prognosis of disease. Mendiland, Sierra Leone.

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